TY - JOUR
T1 - Types of Community Support Services and Self-Efficacy for Continuous Community Living among Individuals with Disabilities and Caregivers
AU - Chan, Wai
AU - Cao, Yuan
AU - Lu, Erin Yiqing
AU - Cheung, Wai Ming
AU - Tsang, Hector Wing Hong
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was supported by a government commission grant (“Persons with Disabilities and Rehabilitation Programme Plan”; Reference no.: PTeC: P17-0335-RS; LWB: SF(1) to LWB R 3/3939/17) to H.W.H. Tsang from the Labor and Welfare Bureau of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China (HKSAR, PRC).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 by the authors.
PY - 2022/10/10
Y1 - 2022/10/10
N2 - This study explored the impacts of five types of community support services (i.e., center-based care, home-based care, respite care, caregiver assistance, and financial subsidies) on self-efficacy for continuous community living among individuals with disabilities and caregivers. Design: Cross-sectional. Method: The sample consisted of a group of individuals with disabilities (n = 948) and a group of caregivers (n = 522). A mixed ANOVA was applied to explore the differences in the perceived importance of improvements to community support services between the groups. Logistic regression analyses were conducted to examine the perceived importance of improvements to types of community support services for self-efficacy for continuous community living. Results: Caregivers perceived higher levels of importance for improvements to community support services than individuals with disabilities. Both groups reported that financial subsidies were the most important area for improvement. The greater importance of improvements to financial subsidies reported by caregivers predicted greater odds for self-efficacy for continuous community living. The greater importance of improvements to center-based services reported by individuals with disabilities predicted greater odds for self-efficacy for continuous community living. Conclusions: The findings suggested that financial subsidies for caregivers and center-based services for individuals with disabilities could improve self-efficacy for continuous community living.
AB - This study explored the impacts of five types of community support services (i.e., center-based care, home-based care, respite care, caregiver assistance, and financial subsidies) on self-efficacy for continuous community living among individuals with disabilities and caregivers. Design: Cross-sectional. Method: The sample consisted of a group of individuals with disabilities (n = 948) and a group of caregivers (n = 522). A mixed ANOVA was applied to explore the differences in the perceived importance of improvements to community support services between the groups. Logistic regression analyses were conducted to examine the perceived importance of improvements to types of community support services for self-efficacy for continuous community living. Results: Caregivers perceived higher levels of importance for improvements to community support services than individuals with disabilities. Both groups reported that financial subsidies were the most important area for improvement. The greater importance of improvements to financial subsidies reported by caregivers predicted greater odds for self-efficacy for continuous community living. The greater importance of improvements to center-based services reported by individuals with disabilities predicted greater odds for self-efficacy for continuous community living. Conclusions: The findings suggested that financial subsidies for caregivers and center-based services for individuals with disabilities could improve self-efficacy for continuous community living.
KW - caregivers
KW - center-based services
KW - financial subsidy
KW - individuals with disabilities
KW - self-efficacy for continuous community living
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U2 - 10.3390/ijerph191912976
DO - 10.3390/ijerph191912976
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 36232276
AN - SCOPUS:85139919188
SN - 1661-7827
VL - 19
JO - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
JF - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
IS - 19
M1 - 12976
ER -