Explore the needs of the elderly with social awareness
Journal
Educational Gerontology
Journal Volume
45
Journal Issue
5
Pages
310-323
Date Issued
2019
Author(s)
Abstract
With the growing trend in population aging, declining birthrates, and changing patterns in living arrangements, aging in place has become a primary choice for elderly people after retirement (Hooyman & Kiyak, 2010). Home care service has become a key aspect of successful aging so that recent studies started to examine how to serve the dailyneeds for the elderly by adopting new home care services, in particular technology-enabled services for better living. This study applied Maslow’s theory to conduct an in-depth assessment on elders need and examine the factors that influence their satisfaction.Based on the concept of the social change process model (Glofia 1983), the “social awareness” on seeking external (societal) help to solve the problem was proposed and tested on its moderating effects in satisfying elder’s needs. The results from the empirical testing reveal that that elderly people rely on assistance from others and home-care service providers mediating the service to satisfaction when they are in less favorable health and economic conditions. ? 2019, ? 2019 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
Subjects
Elderly needs; home-care service; maslow’s need hierarchy theory; satisfaction; social awareness
SDGs
Other Subjects
aged; article; awareness; home care; human; Maslow's hierarchy of needs; process model; satisfaction; social change
Type
journal article