{"title":"Service Availability, Service Use, and Psychological Well-Being of Older Residents of Residential Care Facilities and Nursing Homes.","authors":"Yeon Jin Choi","doi":"","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>The problem: </strong>The availability and use of certain services that can compensate for older adults' decreased abilities and capabilities may help them maintain their independence and improve their psychological well-being. Therefore, this study investigated whether service availability and service use were associated with the psychological well-being of residents of residential care facilities and nursing homes.</p><p><strong>The resolution: </strong>Residents who used services that provide help with activities of daily living and instrumental activities of daily living were more likely to report a worse mood, poor psychological health, and low self-efficacy compared with those living in facilities where the services were not available. On the other hand, older residents who used social and wellness-related services were more likely to have a better mood, good psychological health, and high self-efficacy.</p><p><strong>Tips for success: </strong>Senior living facilities should consider providing more social and wellness-related services and encourage residents' use of such services to improve their psychological well-being.</p>","PeriodicalId":90341,"journal":{"name":"Seniors housing & care journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6953900/pdf/nihms-1065597.pdf","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Seniors housing & care journal","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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The problem: The availability and use of certain services that can compensate for older adults' decreased abilities and capabilities may help them maintain their independence and improve their psychological well-being. Therefore, this study investigated whether service availability and service use were associated with the psychological well-being of residents of residential care facilities and nursing homes.
The resolution: Residents who used services that provide help with activities of daily living and instrumental activities of daily living were more likely to report a worse mood, poor psychological health, and low self-efficacy compared with those living in facilities where the services were not available. On the other hand, older residents who used social and wellness-related services were more likely to have a better mood, good psychological health, and high self-efficacy.
Tips for success: Senior living facilities should consider providing more social and wellness-related services and encourage residents' use of such services to improve their psychological well-being.