Jiska Cohen?Mansfield|Julia K Frank
Relationship Between Perceived Needs and Assessed Needs for Services in Community-Dwelling Older Persons
Hebrew Home of Greater Washington|Institute on Aging
examine relationship perceived needs assessed needs communitydwelling seniorstrained research assistants administered naturally occurring retirement community baseline survey 268 communitydwelling older adults suburban maryland perceived assessed needs measured domains health function memory health functional needs mobility financial management mental health depression loneliness sensory functioning vision health behaviors nutrition exercisein areas functional needs mobility financial management loneliness vision persons scored needy already utilizing significantly services persons receiving services participants need memory physical health functional loneliness nutrition services likely indicate would use services although significant relationships assessed needs perceived needs also high level discrepancy substantial proportion participants screened needing services requested services sizable proportion screened needing services request results also show high prevalence needs among older adults yet low service use needs servicesboth assessed perceived needs examined future need assessment surveys investigations nature discrepancies likely result improvement methodologies screening assessed perceived needs services targeted older adults must made available dwelling community