Logan J R, Spitze G
Department of Sociology, State University of New York at Albany.
J Gerontol. 1994 Jan;49(1):S25-34. doi: 10.1093/geronj/49.1.s25.
Older persons' use of formal services was studied in the context of one medium-sized metropolitan area in the Northeast, with a principal focus on the relation between formal service use and informal help. Most services are used by only a minority of older persons. There is some evidence of both compensatory processes (where family support substitutes for formal care) and bridging (where the informal network helps link the older person to services). Service users are distinguished partly by their greater functional disability. Use of some services is affected by indicators of predisposition, such as sociability and age identity. Enabling factors, such as availability of services or their accessibility by the respondent, have little effect.
在东北部一个中等规模的大都市背景下，对老年人使用正规服务的情况进行了研究，主要关注正规服务使用与非正式帮助之间的关系。大多数服务只有少数老年人使用。有证据表明存在补偿过程（家庭支持替代正规护理）和桥梁作用（非正式网络帮助老年人与服务建立联系）。服务使用者部分特征是其功能残疾程度更高。某些服务的使用受到诸如社交能力和年龄认同等易感性指标的影响。而服务的可获得性或受访者的可及性等促成因素影响很小。
