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Kaiser Health Poll Report Survey [June, 2005]


If you or a family member needed nursing home, do you know where you would go for advice or information, or aren't you sure where you would go?

41 Yes, know where to go
57 Not sure where to go
2 Don’t know/Refused


Please tell me how likely you would be to go to each of the following sources for advice or information about nursing home care.

Friends and family members
 59  Very likely
 29  Somewhat likely
 4   Not too likely
 7   Not at all likely
 1   DK/Ref 
     
Your doctor
 54  Very likely
 30  Somewhat likely
 5   Not too likely
 10  Not at all likely
 1   DK/Ref
     
A community service agency 
 25  Very likely
 38  Somewhat likely
 15  Not too likely
 19  Not at all likely
 3   DK/Ref
     
The state or local government programs that deal with problems of the aging
 23  Very likely
 39  Somewhat likely
 15  Not too likely
 20  Not at all likely
 4   DK/Ref

Books or reports on how to choose these services
 25  Very likely
 37  Somewhat likely
 14  Not too likely
 23  Not at all likely
 2   DK/Ref

    
Information on the Internet from government agencies
 27  Very likely
 30  Somewhat likely
 13  Not too likely
 29  Not at all likely
 1   DK/Ref
     
Survey by Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. Methodology: Fieldwork conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates International, June 2-5, 2005 and based on telephone interviews with a national adult sample of 1,202.

 

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