Results of a Research Study
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This current study examined the status of the provision of custodial care for the elderly in Bermuda. Specifically, the research questions which were investigated were stated as follows: 1. What are the requirements for custodial care for the elderly in Bermuda? 2. What are the characteristics of the custodial care provided for the elderly in Bermuda through (a) private organizational facilities and programs, and (b) public organizational facilities and programs? 3. How do public and private organizational facilities and programs in Bermuda compare within the context of success and failure in the provision of custodial care for the elderly? 4. What is the economic capacity of Bermuda to provide custodial care for the elderly, and what will be the probable economic impacts of providing such care? The results of the research performed in the investigation of the research questions are presented in this chapter. The results are presented in separate discussions related to each of the research questions. Research question number one was concerned with the requirements for custodial care. The question was stated as follows: What are the requirements for custodial care for the elderly in Bermuda? Although Bermuda is quite small in terms of population size, its growth rate compares with that of the faster growing developing countries. While immigration, the generally high standards of health care and nu
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on, 1981). Contemporary studies have also indicated that depression in older adults results from a sense of powerlessness on their part (Rodin, 1986).
Thus, the most effective coping strategy for older adults in combatting depression is one which incorporates (1) the development of a sense of personal worth, and (2) the gaining 48
of a sense of control over one's own life. One recent study has found, contrary to the generally held belief, that the cantankerous, hardheaded older adult has a far greater chance of surviving into old age than does the cooperative and docile older adult (Wacker, 1985). The former retains some control, and does not hold on to illusions.
The physiological and psychological disabilities most frequently found among the elderly in Bermuda are presented in Table 4.4, which may be found below in this page. As the data
Table 4.4
HighFrequency Physiological and PsychologicalDebilities Among Bermuda's Elderly
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Debility Proportion of Elderly Affected
Dementia 26.0%
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