Use of Informal Support as a Predictor of Home- and Community-Based Services Utilization.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Home- and community-based services (HCBS) help older adults remain living safely in their homes by delaying or preventing the need for institutionalization. This analysis is guided by the Andersen Behavioral Model of Health Services Use to examine the association between informal support and use of HCBS.

Method

Health and Retirement Study data from 2011 and 2012 are used in the bivariate analyses and multivariate logistic regression models to examine differences in HCBS utilization among extremely vulnerable older adults who have informal caregivers and those who do not.

Results

For extremely vulnerable older adults who report difficulties with any instrumental or basic activities of daily living, use of HCBS is not strongly associated with access to inform

SUBMITTER: Robinson KN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7756698 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature