Determinants of adult day center attendance among older adults with functional limitations.
OBJECTIVE
To examine factors related to regularity of adult day center (ADC) attendance among seniors with functional limitations.


METHODS
Using data collected as part of a larger study, we identified the proportion of scheduled days attended among 101 ADC users in Montréal and identified determinants of this attendance.


RESULTS
More regular attendance was associated with previous profession of ADC participant or spouse in a sector other than health care, receiving formal help for activities of daily living or instrumental activities of daily living on days of expected ADC participation, participating for the whole day rather than half a day, lower participation in prevention and health-promotion activities, and lower caregiver burden among persons with cognitive impairments and higher caregiver burden among persons without cognitive impairments.


CONCLUSIONS
To enhance ADC intervention effects, levels of participation should be maximized. Study findings suggest ways to promote more regular attendance.
SOLIDAGE Reseach Group, Université de Montréal and McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, and Occupational Therapy Program, University of Ottawa, 451 Smyth Road, Ottawa, Ontario K1H 8M5, Canada. jacinthe.savard@uottawa.ca
Jacinthe
J
Savard
Nicole
N
Leduc
Paule
P
Lebel
François
F
Béland
Howard
H
Bergman
D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D017028:Caregivers; D003072:Cognition Disorders; D017281:Cost of Illness; D003631:Day Care, Medical / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D016330:Frail Elderly; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006299:Health Services for the Aged / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay; D008297:Male; D011792:Quebec; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires