TY - JOUR
T1 - Willingness to use mental health services among older residents in assisted living
AU - Park, Nan Sook
AU - Jang, Yuri
AU - Lee, Beom Seok
AU - Schonfeld, Lawrence
AU - Molinari, Victor
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported, in part, by the University of South Florida Internal Awards Program under Grant #RO 26497.
PY - 2012/8
Y1 - 2012/8
N2 - Examining the importance of mental health care in assisted living (AL) settings, the present study examines older AL residents' willingness to use mental health services and its predictors. Data based on face-to-face interviews with 150 older residents from 17 AL settings in Florida are used in the analyses (Mage = 82.8, SD = 9.4). Multivariate logistic regression is used to estimate the likelihood of willingness to use mental health services in relation to predisposing (demographics and physical health), mental health needs (depressive symptoms), and enabling variables (social network, instrumental support, emotional support, informational support, satisfaction with support, and previous use of mental health services). Willingness to use mental health services is predicted by younger age, unmarried status, lower levels of emotional support, and higher levels of informational support. The relationship of informational support to higher willingness to use mental health services suggests that AL residents could benefit from educational interventions on late life depression.
AB - Examining the importance of mental health care in assisted living (AL) settings, the present study examines older AL residents' willingness to use mental health services and its predictors. Data based on face-to-face interviews with 150 older residents from 17 AL settings in Florida are used in the analyses (Mage = 82.8, SD = 9.4). Multivariate logistic regression is used to estimate the likelihood of willingness to use mental health services in relation to predisposing (demographics and physical health), mental health needs (depressive symptoms), and enabling variables (social network, instrumental support, emotional support, informational support, satisfaction with support, and previous use of mental health services). Willingness to use mental health services is predicted by younger age, unmarried status, lower levels of emotional support, and higher levels of informational support. The relationship of informational support to higher willingness to use mental health services suggests that AL residents could benefit from educational interventions on late life depression.
KW - assisted living
KW - depressive symptoms
KW - mental health service use
KW - social support
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U2 - 10.1177/0733464810392373
DO - 10.1177/0733464810392373
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84863578207
SN - 0733-4648
VL - 31
SP - 562
EP - 579
JO - Journal of Applied Gerontology
JF - Journal of Applied Gerontology
IS - 4
ER -
