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KMID : 0379220060260040701
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Journal of Korea Gerontological Society
2006 Volume.26 No. 4 p.701 ~ p.716
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Met and Unmet Needs of Elderly Welfare RecipientMet Recipients
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Yoon Kyeong-A
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Abstract
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The present study aimed to explore met and unmet needs, and investigate those factors associated with the presence or absence of each need. One-hundred-thirteen elderly welfare recipients those who living below the official poverty line were interviewed about their health and needs they might have(environmental, physical, psychological or social), using Camberwell Assessment of Need for the elderly(CANE). The CANE was used to interview each older people in order to obtain a profile of the older people’s current met and unmet needs. A survey was implemented from December 2005 to Feburary 2006 in order to collect relevant data. Major findings are as follows: (1) the vast majority of the elderly had a at least one need(mean=7.33, sd=4.42) and elderly people had a mean of 3.07 unmet needs(sd=3.08), (2) company, intimacy relationships, daytime activities were unmet need, (3) worse health is related to the presence of need in almost needs, (4) a range of complex barriers to meeting need were identified, and it was evident that these varied both between individuals and between different types of unmet need. Greater, targeted efforts are needed to reduce the prevalence and consequences of unmet need for the elderly persons.
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KEYWORD
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need assessment, met and unmet need, help-seeking behavior, camberwell assessment of need for the elderly(CANE), welfare recipients
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