Article: Quality of life in older adults: Benefits from caring services in Hong Kong

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TitleQuality of life in older adults: Benefits from caring services in Hong Kong
AuthorsCheung, JCK1
Kwan, AYH1
Chan, SSC1
Ngan, RMH1
Ng, SH1
Leung, EMF1
Lau, A1
Issue Date2005
PublisherSpringer Netherlands. The Journal's web site is located at http://springerlink.metapress.com/openurl.asp?genre=journal&issn=0303-8300
CitationSocial Indicators Research, 2005, v. 71 n. 1, p. 291-334 [How to Cite?]
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11205-004-8021-3
AbstractMany older adults are in need of care. Therefore, older people would generally benefit from the use of caring services, notably including home care, residential care, nursing, and medical services. The contributory factors underlying caring services tend to be a caring perspective that aspires to sustain older people's social relationships and real-life involvement. To gauge the benefits from various social and health services, the present study relies on a large-scale survey of 3000 older adults in Hong Kong, using quality of life as a criterion. Results showed that an older adult who had used (ordinary or enhanced) home care services for a longer time turned out to have appreciably more improvement in quality of life. Besides, those who joined an interest group more frequently were higher in quality of life, including the health domain. On the other hand, frequent use of medical and meal-to-home services were signals that reflected problems detrimental to the older user's quality of life. Despite this, the quality of clinics or hospitals, as perceived by the older adult, was the most beneficial. As such, caring services that foster older adults' interests, cater to their health care needs, and embody quality can have principal contribution to their users' quality of life. © Springer 2005.
ISSN0303-8300
2011 Impact Factor: 1.131
2011 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.041
DOIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11205-004-8021-3
ISI Accession Number IDWOS:000228896100010
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dc.contributor.authorCheung, JCK
dc.contributor.authorKwan, AYH
dc.contributor.authorChan, SSC
dc.contributor.authorNgan, RMH
dc.contributor.authorNg, SH
dc.contributor.authorLeung, EMF
dc.contributor.authorLau, A
dc.date.accessioned2010-09-06T09:40:20Z
dc.date.available2010-09-06T09:40:20Z
dc.date.issued2005
dc.description.abstractMany older adults are in need of care. Therefore, older people would generally benefit from the use of caring services, notably including home care, residential care, nursing, and medical services. The contributory factors underlying caring services tend to be a caring perspective that aspires to sustain older people's social relationships and real-life involvement. To gauge the benefits from various social and health services, the present study relies on a large-scale survey of 3000 older adults in Hong Kong, using quality of life as a criterion. Results showed that an older adult who had used (ordinary or enhanced) home care services for a longer time turned out to have appreciably more improvement in quality of life. Besides, those who joined an interest group more frequently were higher in quality of life, including the health domain. On the other hand, frequent use of medical and meal-to-home services were signals that reflected problems detrimental to the older user's quality of life. Despite this, the quality of clinics or hospitals, as perceived by the older adult, was the most beneficial. As such, caring services that foster older adults' interests, cater to their health care needs, and embody quality can have principal contribution to their users' quality of life. © Springer 2005.
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dc.identifier.citationSocial Indicators Research, 2005, v. 71 n. 1, p. 291-334 [How to Cite?]
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11205-004-8021-3
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dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11205-004-8021-3
dc.identifier.epage334
dc.identifier.hkuros100270
dc.identifier.isiWOS:000228896100010
dc.identifier.issn0303-8300
2011 Impact Factor: 1.131
2011 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.041
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/88210
dc.identifier.volume71
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherSpringer Netherlands. The Journal's web site is located at http://springerlink.metapress.com/openurl.asp?genre=journal&issn=0303-8300
dc.publisher.placeNetherlands
dc.relation.ispartofSocial Indicators Research
dc.relation.referencesReferences in Scopus
dc.titleQuality of life in older adults: Benefits from caring services in Hong Kong
dc.typeArticle
Author Affiliations
  1. Chinese University of Hong Kong