Willingness to receive institutional and community-based eldercare among the rural elderly in China.

ABSTRACT: Studies on the willingness to receive institutional eldercare among the rural elderly are scarce. This study aims to explore factors associated with the willingness to receive institutional eldercare and community-based eldercare among the rural elderly. A cross-sectional study was conducted in three rural villages of Changde City, Hunan Province, China. A total of 517 elderly were recruited through multistage sampling from these villages. The dependent variable is the willingness to receive eldercare from family (as reference), institution, and community. The independent variables includes sociodemographic characteristics: having physical disease, depression, anxiety, and daily living activities, and concerns toward home-based, institutional, and community-based care, respectively. Result

SUBMITTER: Liu ZW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6874313 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature