TY - JOUR
T1 - Health outcomes associated with participating in community care centres for older people in Taiwan
AU - Chiang, Yu Hsien
AU - Hsu, Hui Chuan
N1 - © 2018 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
PY - 2019/3/1
Y1 - 2019/3/1
N2 - Community care centres (CCCs) are widespread across Taiwan and have provided health promotion and social activities for older people in communities since 1995. The purpose of this study was to describe the status of the delivery and management of CCCs for older people, and to explore the effects of individual factors and the organisational factors on the health-related outcome of older people's participation in CCCs. The sample was taken from participants at CCCs in Taichung, Taiwan. Twenty-five CCCs participated in the study. The managers and the elderly participants of CCCs underwent face-to-face interviews. In total, 417 elderly participants and 25 chiefs completed the face-to-face interviews. The participants reported that self-reported health, sleep quality, memory, family relationships, care for health, and health literacy improved after they participated in the programme. There were no consistent organisational factors related to the outcomes. However, management style was related to sleep quality improvement and staffing getting paid was related to family relationship improvement. Policy recommendations are provided.
AB - Community care centres (CCCs) are widespread across Taiwan and have provided health promotion and social activities for older people in communities since 1995. The purpose of this study was to describe the status of the delivery and management of CCCs for older people, and to explore the effects of individual factors and the organisational factors on the health-related outcome of older people's participation in CCCs. The sample was taken from participants at CCCs in Taichung, Taiwan. Twenty-five CCCs participated in the study. The managers and the elderly participants of CCCs underwent face-to-face interviews. In total, 417 elderly participants and 25 chiefs completed the face-to-face interviews. The participants reported that self-reported health, sleep quality, memory, family relationships, care for health, and health literacy improved after they participated in the programme. There were no consistent organisational factors related to the outcomes. However, management style was related to sleep quality improvement and staffing getting paid was related to family relationship improvement. Policy recommendations are provided.
KW - community care centres
KW - community services for the elderly people
KW - older people
KW - social participation
KW - community care centres
KW - community services for the elderly people
KW - older people
KW - social participation
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U2 - 10.1111/hsc.12651
DO - 10.1111/hsc.12651
M3 - Article
C2 - 30175465
AN - SCOPUS:85052871879
SN - 0966-0410
VL - 27
SP - 337
EP - 347
JO - Health and Social Care in the Community
JF - Health and Social Care in the Community
IS - 2
ER -