A pilot study on the development and testing of an instrument for assessment of dependency needs of older persons in South Africa

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dc.contributor.advisorLouw, Stephenen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorKalula, Sebastiana Zimbaen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-07-29T09:04:03Z
dc.date.available2014-07-29T09:04:03Z
dc.date.issued2000en_ZA
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dc.description.abstractWith the advent of the new government and the end of the apartheid era, the Department of Welfare investigated methods whereby the demand for equitable access to state subsidised homes for the aged might be met. It was decided to develop an instrument to assess dependency needs of older persons that might warrant admission to homes for the aged. Financial constraints dictated that only 2% of those over the age of 65 years could be institutionalised in state subsidised homes. An instrument with high specificity and sensitivity and good face and construct validity was required in order not to exclude the needy or include the undeserving in subsidised institutional care. The instrument formerly used in South Africa was designed to assess dependency needs of urban-living individuals and assumed relative affluence in contrast to the reality of the situation of the bulk of the South African population. The instrument was deficient in that it assessed only mental and physical disabilities. It did not take into account the wide disparities relating to primary needs (such as water, food, sanitation and security) that exist among communities with widely disparate socio-economic status. Since South Africa is a developing country, a significant component of the elderly population live in extreme poverty, often in rural subsistence-economy conditions. Instruments used in other countries, which assume a certain level affluence, are thus not applicable to the majority of the South African population.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationKalula, S. Z. (2000). <i>A pilot study on the development and testing of an instrument for assessment of dependency needs of older persons in South Africa</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Health Sciences ,Department of Medicine. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/3406en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationKalula, Sebastiana Zimba. <i>"A pilot study on the development and testing of an instrument for assessment of dependency needs of older persons in South Africa."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Health Sciences ,Department of Medicine, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/3406en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationKalula, S. 2000. A pilot study on the development and testing of an instrument for assessment of dependency needs of older persons in South Africa. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Kalula, Sebastiana Zimba AB - With the advent of the new government and the end of the apartheid era, the Department of Welfare investigated methods whereby the demand for equitable access to state subsidised homes for the aged might be met. It was decided to develop an instrument to assess dependency needs of older persons that might warrant admission to homes for the aged. Financial constraints dictated that only 2% of those over the age of 65 years could be institutionalised in state subsidised homes. An instrument with high specificity and sensitivity and good face and construct validity was required in order not to exclude the needy or include the undeserving in subsidised institutional care. The instrument formerly used in South Africa was designed to assess dependency needs of urban-living individuals and assumed relative affluence in contrast to the reality of the situation of the bulk of the South African population. The instrument was deficient in that it assessed only mental and physical disabilities. It did not take into account the wide disparities relating to primary needs (such as water, food, sanitation and security) that exist among communities with widely disparate socio-economic status. Since South Africa is a developing country, a significant component of the elderly population live in extreme poverty, often in rural subsistence-economy conditions. Instruments used in other countries, which assume a certain level affluence, are thus not applicable to the majority of the South African population. DA - 2000 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2000 T1 - A pilot study on the development and testing of an instrument for assessment of dependency needs of older persons in South Africa TI - A pilot study on the development and testing of an instrument for assessment of dependency needs of older persons in South Africa UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/3406 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/3406
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationKalula SZ. A pilot study on the development and testing of an instrument for assessment of dependency needs of older persons in South Africa. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Health Sciences ,Department of Medicine, 2000 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/3406en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Medicineen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Health Sciencesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherMedicineen_ZA
dc.titleA pilot study on the development and testing of an instrument for assessment of dependency needs of older persons in South Africaen_ZA
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