Journal article
Older Adults’ Awareness of Community Health and Support Services for Dementia Care*
Abstract
ABSTRACTThe article examines where older adults seek help in caring for a parent with dementia and the factors associated with their identification of community health and support services as sources of assistance. The authors conducted telephone interviews, using random digit dialing, of 1,152 adults aged 50 and over in the city of Hamilton. Respondents received a vignette that raised issues related to parental dementia. In identifying support …
Authors
Ploeg J; Denton M; Tindale J; Hutchison B; Brazil K; Akhtar-Danesh N; Lillie J; Plenderleith JM
Journal
Canadian Journal on Aging / La Revue canadienne du vieillissement, Vol. 28, No. 4, pp. 359–370
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Publication Date
December 2009
DOI
10.1017/s0714980809990195
ISSN
0714-9808