TY - JOUR
T1 - Older Adults’ Goals and Expectations When Using Long-Term Services and Supports
AU - Travers, Jasmine L.
AU - Hirschman, Karen B.
AU - Naylor, Mary D.
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors have no acknowledgements to disclose. The authors disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This work was supported by the National Institute on Aging and National Institutes for Nursing Research at the National Institutes of Health (grant no. R01AG025524 to M.D.N). J.L.T. is supported by a Harold Amos career development award funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF; 77872 to J.L.T.). The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health or Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Moreover, the funder had no role in the design and conduct of this study; collection, management, analysis, and interpretation of the data; preparation, review, or approval of the manuscript; and decision to submit the manuscript for publication.
Funding Information:
The authors disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This work was supported by the National Institute on Aging and National Institutes for Nursing Research at the National Institutes of Health (grant no. R01AG025524 to M.D.N). J.L.T. is supported by a Harold Amos career development award funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF; 77872 to J.L.T.). The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health or Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Moreover, the funder had no role in the design and conduct of this study; collection, management, analysis, and interpretation of the data; preparation, review, or approval of the manuscript; and decision to submit the manuscript for publication.
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PY - 2022/3
Y1 - 2022/3
N2 - Objective: Despite recent research focused on aging well, little is known regarding the goals and expectations from long-term services and supports (LTSS) use among older adults. Methods: To address this knowledge gap, interviewer-guided surveys with older adults newly receiving LTSS in home and community-based, assisted living, and nursing home settings in Philadelphia, New Jersey, and New York were conducted. Results: Twelve subthemes regarding the goals and expectations of 464 older adults receiving LTSS and in the context of Aging Well emerged from our analysis: maintaining function, optimizing health and circumstances, maintaining the status quo, transitioning back to the previous state, achieving independence, preserving cognitive function and capacity for psychosocial and emotional health, achieving purpose, increasing quality of life, receiving social support, increasing engagement, relieving burden, and feeling a sense of security/safety. Discussion: This in-depth analysis of qualitative data provides context for LTSS use among older adults.
AB - Objective: Despite recent research focused on aging well, little is known regarding the goals and expectations from long-term services and supports (LTSS) use among older adults. Methods: To address this knowledge gap, interviewer-guided surveys with older adults newly receiving LTSS in home and community-based, assisted living, and nursing home settings in Philadelphia, New Jersey, and New York were conducted. Results: Twelve subthemes regarding the goals and expectations of 464 older adults receiving LTSS and in the context of Aging Well emerged from our analysis: maintaining function, optimizing health and circumstances, maintaining the status quo, transitioning back to the previous state, achieving independence, preserving cognitive function and capacity for psychosocial and emotional health, achieving purpose, increasing quality of life, receiving social support, increasing engagement, relieving burden, and feeling a sense of security/safety. Discussion: This in-depth analysis of qualitative data provides context for LTSS use among older adults.
KW - assisted living
KW - long-term care
KW - nursing home
KW - quality of life
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U2 - 10.1177/07334648211033671
DO - 10.1177/07334648211033671
M3 - Article
C2 - 34315240
AN - SCOPUS:85111548528
SN - 0733-4648
VL - 41
SP - 709
EP - 717
JO - Journal of Applied Gerontology
JF - Journal of Applied Gerontology
IS - 3
ER -