Care of the Elderly Sick at Home Whose Responsibility Is It?

Knowledge of Community Services Amongst The Aged

“…With significant increases expected in the numbers of elderly Australians, the care of the frail and disabled aged has gained greater and more immediate policy relevance. Much research has been conducted from the provider's perspective, examining, for example, the relat~e costs of institutional and domiciliary services to inform decisions on funding priorities, and the likely impact of improved assessment procedures in cot1l:rolling levels of institutionalization (Allison-Cooke 1982, Carter 1981, Davies and Knapp 1978, Doobov 1980, Kane and Kane 1980, Opit and Shaw 1976, Opit 1977, Philips 1981. Remarkably little attention has been focused, however, on the service preferences of consumers, and, in particular, on the processes by which elderly people decide which, if any, government services they will elect to use.…”