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P Taietz

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PubMed1979

Rural-urban differences in the structure of services for the elderly in upstate New York counties.

This research examines the impact of federal intervention and local community effort on the development of programs for the elderly. The study was designed, first, to gather longitudinal data on the structure of services for the elderly in 53 upstate New York counties for comparison with a study conducted in 1967 and, second, to measure the effectiveness of 43 counties with a County Office for the Aging (COFA) in mobilizing resources to increase services for the elderly. The findings reveal: (1) federal intervention has had the effect of an overall increase in services while at the same time decreasing rural-urban differences; (2) urban COFAs score consistently higher on the measures of community effectiveness; (3) the educational attainment of COFA directors is not a good predictor of success in mobilizing outside resources in both urban and rural counties; (4) in urban but not in rural counties, directors with administrator/planner experience have greater success in mobilizing outside resources.

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PubMed1976

Two conceptual models of the senior center.

Two models of the senior center are examined: (1) the social agency model, which views senior centers as programs designed to meet the needs of the elderly and postulates that the poor and the disengaged are the most likely candidates for participation in senior centers; (2) the voluntary organization model, which hypothesizes that the elderly who are more active in voluntary organizations and who manifest strong attachments to the community are also the ones who make use of senior centers. Personal interviews were conducted with a random sample (920 respondents) of 40 elderly men and women in each of 23 New York State communities. The findings support the voluntary organization model: (1) a high score on the Chapin Social Participation Scale is associated with membership in a senior center; (2) a high score on the Community Attachment Scale is associated with membership in a senior center; (3) there is no association between social class and participation in senior centers; and (4) senior center members do not differ from nonmembers in age identification or in a preference for organizations exclusively for the elderly.

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PubMed1975

Community complexity and knowledge of facilities.

This research examines the relationships among three sets of variables: the amount of differentiation (or complexity) of a community, individual characteristics of its residents, and residents' knowledge of available facilities. A sample of 144 communities in upstate New York was drawn. Community differentiation was measured by means of the Medical Specialties Scale. A subsample of 32 communities was drawn, and in each of these a random sample of 40 noninstitutionalized men and women was interviewed. Multiple regression analysis was the statistical procedure used to test the hypothesis of the study. The findings uncovered an interaction effect, i.e., the relationship between community complexity and knowledge is different within different categories of communities. There is a negative relationship between community complexity and knowledge of facilities for rural communities, but for large cities the relationship is positive. The findings are interpreted as resulting from different sources of knowledge in different types of communities.

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