Older Americans Act Related Homebound Aged: What Difference Does Racial Baclkground Make?
- 26 February 1987
- journal article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Gerontological Social Work
- Vol. 9 (4) , 133-143
- https://doi.org/10.1300/j083v09n04_10
Abstract
This research examined racial differences in wellbeing among 440 older persons receiving home based services connected with Older Americans Act funded nutrition sites. These data clearly indicate that compared with white homebound aged, black aged receiving homebased services have more limited economic resources and live in more impoverished neighborhoods, are more irnpaired in their health and functional status, have more limited social resources and have more limited knowledge and access to services. Service utilization appears similar for both groups and the life perspective of blacks is somewhat higher than that of white homebound aged.Keywords
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