DATA RESULTS |
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| Who would you call to arrange short or long-term care in |
| the home for an elderly relative or friend who was no |
| longer able to care for themselves? |
| Response | Unweighted Frequency | Weighted Percentage | Standard Error | Lower 95% Confidence Limit |
Upper 95% Confidence Limit |
| Relative or friend | 800 | 19.3 | 0.7 | 17.9 | 20.7 |
| Would provide care myself | 687 | 16.3 | 0.7 | 15.1 | 17.6 |
| Nursing home | 272 | 6.6 | 0.4 | 5.8 | 7.5 |
| Home health service | 388 | 8.5 | 0.5 | 7.6 | 9.4 |
| Personal physician | 113 | 2.5 | 0.3 | 2.0 | 3.0 |
| Area Agency on Aging | 68 | 1.6 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 2.0 |
| Hospice | 127 | 3.0 | 0.3 | 2.5 | 3.6 |
| Hospital nurse | 28 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 1.0 |
| Minister/priest/rabbi | 18 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.6 |
| Other | 120 | 2.9 | 0.3 | 2.3 | 3.6 |
| Don't know who to call | 1603 | 38.1 | 0.9 | 36.4 | 39.8 |
| Among all respondents, excluding refusals. |