补贴与非补贴的高级住房社区在PA:一个窗口在健康的变化,功能,以及在老年人获得服务的机会
Janelle J Christensen1, Steven M Albert1, Subashan Perera1
1University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Gerontology & geriatric medicine
|October 9, 2024
概括
与非补贴住房相比,在补贴住房中的老年人面临着更差的健康状况和更少的服务. 这突显了老龄化支持和终身累积劣势的差异.
科学领域:
- 老年学是指老年学的学科.
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
背景情况:
- 老年人独立生活住宅被分为补贴 (例如,住房和城市发展部 - HUD) 或非补贴.
- 需要更清晰的定义和比较研究,以了解这些住房类型中服务和居民特征的变化.
研究的目的:
- 为老年人定义受补贴和未受补贴的基于年龄的住房.
- 探索这两个住房类别之间的提供服务和居民人口统计的差异.
主要方法:
- 一项比较研究分析了来自37个补贴地点的居民 (289名居民) 和19个非补贴地点 (208名居民) 的居民.
- 在每种住房类型中提供的老龄化支持服务的量化.
- 居民特征的统计比较,包括健康状况,疼痛,流动性,年龄和种族.
主要成果:
- 补贴住房居民更有可能是女性,健康状况相对较差,经常经历疼痛,并报告相对较差的流动性.
- 非补贴住房的居民平均年龄较大,而且主要是白人.
- 非补贴的地点通常提供更多的支持服务.
结论:
- 在补贴和非补贴住房的居民之间存在显著的差异,这表明潜在的累积劣势.
- 在补贴住房中的人口,通常健康状况较差,获得支持服务较少.
- 建议进行进一步的研究,以评估这些发现的全国通用性.
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