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The Cuban elderly and their service use.

Published in Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society

Empirical studies on use of services by the elderly are absent from the research literature. Existing studies are concerned primarily with health service use rather than social service use by special population groups. Moreover, most aging Hispanic utilization research has been descriptive instead of attempting to develop and test structural models...

Elders' attitudes and access to health care: a comparison of Cuban immigrants and native-born Americans.

Published in Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society

We report on findings of an empirical study of attitudes and access to health care by elderly Cuban immigrants and native-born Americans in Southeast Florida. Major findings based on a random sample of 1,216 respondents indicate a need for bilingual educational materials to inform consumers of health support services available and ethnic-sensitive ...

Formal services and informal helping: the myth of service substitution.

Published in Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society

I examine the relationship between formal and informal assistance among a sample of elder-caregiver dyads living in a community setting in upstate New York. The data fail to support concerns that informal helpers withdraw their support when formal substitutes are available. Rather, formal services were used most frequently by more functionally impa...

The elderly mentally retarded person: current perspectives and future directions.

Published in Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society

The elderly retarded population continues to grow rapidly, yet there remains a lack of understanding regarding many of the characteristics and needs of these individuals. The aging retarded person presents unique difficulties to care providers because of inconsistencies in population definition, lack of coordination between resources for the aging ...

A bill of rights for the elderly person with mental retardation.

Published in Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society

Healthy and institutionalized: health and related conditions among older persons with developmental disabilities.

Published in Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society

The life expectancy of mentally retarded citizens has increased significantly in recent decades. At the same time, we have learned that this special population is nearly twice as likely as the general population to develop severe mental illness. These facts, coupled with the psychological and physiological changes that accompany aging in general, a...

The developmentally disabled elderly: concerns of service providers.

Published in Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society

We examined the availability of services for the developmentally disabled elderly and the concerns expressed by the service provider. We compared agencies which traditionally served individuals with developmental disabilities versus those serving the elderly populations. Although both types of agencies recognized the need for services, concern was ...

Aging and developmental disabilities: interagency planning for an emerging population.

Published in Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society

In 1987 the Indiana Task FOrce on Aging and Aged Persons with Developmental Disabilities was formed to address interagency planning and public policy issues related to this newly emerging population. Data were collected from major state agencies now serving either the aged or individuals with developmental disabilities to assess the portion of the ...

Effectiveness of writing groups in nursing homes.

Published in Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society

We examine the effect of participation in an 8-week writing group in six nursing homes. Pretest and posttest assessments of cognitive and affective functional status were administered to 62 participants and 54 control subjects. We asked writing-group participants about previous writing experience and perceived ability to convey feelings, ideas, lif...

The hospitalized elderly and intergenerational conflict.

Published in Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society

In a study investigating intergenerational conflict between adult children and their hospitalized, chronically ill elderly parents, data on present and future conflict, areas of conflict, and presence of negative feelings were collected from both generations. Adult children and their parents report the presence of both types of conflict as well as ...