Factors Associated With Formal Service Use by Family Members of Patients With Dementia
- 1 March 1998
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Applied Gerontology
- Vol. 17 (1), 38-52
- https://doi.org/10.1177/073346489801700103
Abstract
Thes study investigated actual service use by 152 dementia patients and used the Anderson model to examine factors associated with the use of in-home and out-of-home services. On the whole, practical issues tied to patient care were most powerfully related to the use of formal services in patients with relatively advanced dementia. Family caregiver appraisal, coping, and emo tional adjustment were not substantively tied to service use.Keywords
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