Publication |
Author(s) | Gfellner, B.M. |
Title | Perceptions of Health, Abilities, and Life Satisfaction among very Old Adults. |
Source | Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1989, Vol. 68, 203 -209 |
URL | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2928048 |
Investigation |
Public | 80+ aged, hospitalized within 2 years, Canada, 1984 |
| - 18 Participants were volunteers from local seniors' clubs; 2 who responded to a local newspaper advertisement; 20 were contacted while in the hospital. |
Survey name | Unnamed study |
Sample | Non-probability purposive sample |
Respondents N = | 40 |
| - age: 80-96 years old
- 75% are women, 25% are men
- 27 alone, 11 with their spouses, 2 with another
- all lived in their own homes
- 34 resided in a small urban centre 25yr. ; 6 lived in the community 10-25 yr.
- 31 with at least one child living within the same city. 9 had children within a distance of 250 miles or less
- all of them were middle-class in socioeconomic background
- education: 10 yr. of school
- there income was adequate to meet their needs
- 20 had been hospitalized within 2 yr. and included those recently discharged
- 74% were recipients of home-care services |
Non Response | Not available |
Assesment | Interview: face-to-face |
| interview in their homes |
General remarks | year of data gatheing not reported. Estimated 1984 |
Happiness measure(s) used |
Author's label | | Our subject description |
Current Functional Abilities | show | Symptoms of bad health |
Current Health | show | Global health rating |
Current Health Conditions | show | Number of health complaints |
Current Instrumental Limitations | show | Current functional health |
Current Physical Limitations | show | Current functional health |
Expected Functional Abilities | show | Expected health |
Expected Health | show | Expected health |
Expected Satisfaction | show | In the near future (up to 5 years) |
Past Functional Abilities | show | Earlier physical health |
Past Health | show | Earlier physical health |
Past Satisfaction | show | In recent past |