The Relationship between Attitudes towards Care and Care Preferences of Elderly Community Residents in the Netherlands

Abstract

RÉSUMÉA l'aide de huit critères mesurant la «réceptivité au soutien informel,» cette étude examine les attitudes de personnes âgées de 65 ans et plus, vivant de façon autonome, par rapport aux soins formels et informels. Ces travaux examinent de plus la relation entre ces attitudes et les préférences quant à la panoplie de soins dans diverses situations (hypothétiques) où les soins nécessaires différent quant à leur nature et leur durée prévue. Au-delà de l'expérience de la personne âgée quant aux soins antérieurement reçus, de ses caractéristiques individuelles et sociales, les attitudes envers les soins s'avèrent être en eux-mêmes un puissant indicateur des préférences des personnes âgées en matière de soins. Les décideurs peuvent utiliser cette attitude envers les soins comme instrument permettant de guider à long terme les préférences et le recours des personnes âgées à ces services de soins.

Home care in Europe: a systematic literature review

“…The study populations consisted mainly of elderly persons [9,11,14,28,29,34-38,43,51,54,56,57,59,60,62-64,72-76], but home care professionals too were often the subject of study [12,17,18,21,30,32,45,46,49,53-55,58,65-68,71]. Only a few studies focused on specific types of clients (e.g.…”

“…A large majority (66) of the studies have a descriptive [ 9 , 11 - 28 ] or cross-sectional [ 8 , 10 , 29 - 73 ] design, while eight are prospective or retrospective cohort studies. The study populations consisted mainly of elderly persons [ 9 , 11 , 14 , 28 , 29 , 34 - 38 , 43 , 51 , 54 , 56 , 57 , 59 , 60 , 62 - 64 , 72 - 76 ], but home care professionals too were often the subject of study [ 12 , 17 , 18 , 21 , 30 , 32 , 45 , 46 , 49 , 53 - 55 , 58 , 65 - 68 , 71 ]. Only a few studies focused on specific types of clients (e.g.…”

“…A study in the Netherlands reported that most elderly people preferred to receive personal care from home care professionals, while informal carers were accepted more readily for domestic assistance. The financial compensation for informal carers differed between countries [ 43 ]. In the Netherlands [ 24 ], England [ 24 ] and Austria [ 22 ], informal carers could be paid through cash-for-care programmes, and in Finland [ 38 ] and Ireland [ 11 ] through modest carer allowances (with or without income restrictions).…”

Stated preferences for long-term care: a literature review

“…Taking the above into consideration and drawing on information from conceptual models of LTC preferences (Cantor 1979; Forbes and Hoffart 1998; Keysor, Desai and Mutran 1999; Maloney et al 1996; Wielink and Huijsman 1999; Wielink, Huijsman and McDonnell 1997), models of information-processing/social cognition (Armitage and Conner 2000; Deci and Ryan 2000; Wyer 2006) and on subjective expected utility theory (Fishburn 1981), we propose that LTC preferences are a function of the (subjectively perceived) ability of a specific LTC arrangement to satisfy an individual's basic needs, mantled by that individual's experiences, resources and (environmental) restrictions, amongst others. The main purpose of LTC is to satisfy these basic needs in individuals unable, because of functional or cognitive limitations, to satisfy these needs sufficiently themselves, which corresponds to the definition and purpose of LTC presented in the introduction (Kane and Kane 2000; OECD 2013 a ; WHO 2000).…”

“…Although conceptual models of preferences for LTC have been constructed and evaluated in the past (Forbes and Hoffart 1998; Keysor, Desai and Mutran 1999; Maloney et al 1996; Wielink and Huijsman 1999; Wielink, Huijsman and McDonnell 1997), more recent studies on LTC preferences did not explicitly refer to or use them for theoretical guidance, which may account for the low degree of commonality in this line of research. Information provided in this review can be used for the development of a suitable theoretical framework, while our findings can be valuable for future research on LTC preferences, both original research studies and literature reviews.…”