Ruth E Matthias
Biographic Data
| ID | 806053 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ruth E Matthias |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ruth E |
| FAMILY NAME | Matthias |
| SIGNATURE | MATTHIAS R E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, Los Angeles |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1980 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Whose choice? Self-Determination and the Motivations of Paid Family and Friend Caregivers
This mixed method study focuses on the experiences of 383 family and friend caregivers paid to provide personal care services to Medicaid-eligible disabled and elderly through California's In-Home Supportive Services program. While much discussion about consumer-directed care concerns the selfdetermination of care recipients, this study investigates related caregivers' perceived choices about assuming these paid caregiver roles. We find that care…
Paying Friends, Family Members, or Strangers to Be Home-Based Personal Assistants
This study describes consumers who hire friends, family members, or strangers as paid personal assistants and compares service satisfaction among the three groups. From surveying 511 consumers of self-directed home care services, the authors found that consumers who hire friends as workers are younger and more educated than consumers who hire family members and strangers, and they are more impaired than consumers with strangers as workers. The fr…
Factors Affecting Self‐ratings of Oral Health
Self-rated oral health may be, for older adults, a better measure of "health" than of "morbidity
The Relationship Between Dental Utilization and Preventive Participation Among a Well‐elderly Sample
Previous studies have shown that dental utilization by older people is lower than for the general population. This study hypothesizes that an elder's tendency toward participating in preventive health activities may be an important factor in explaining the likelihood of accessing the dentist. Subjects included 1,911 older individuals who enrolled in the UCLA Medicare Screening and Health Promotion Trial. All were interviewed about their utilizati…
Comparison of Oral Health Ratings by Dentists and Dentate Elders
Previous studies suggest a discrepancy between the way dentists and patients measure oral health. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between a dentist's rating of an older dentate person's oral health and the patient self-rating using a single-item indicator, and to compare the clinical (i.e., number of teeth, caries, etc.) and subjective (problems with function, pain, etc.) factors that influence the rating. The study sa…
Evaluation of Dental Health Education Programs
Whose choice? Self-Determination and the Motivations of Paid Family and Friend Caregivers
This mixed method study focuses on the experiences of 383 family and friend caregivers paid to provide personal care services to Medicaid-eligible disabled and elderly through California's In-Home Supportive Services program. While much discussion about consumer-directed care concerns the selfdetermination of care recipients, this study investigates related caregivers' perceived choices about assuming these paid caregiver roles. We find that care…
Paying Friends, Family Members, or Strangers to Be Home-Based Personal Assistants
This study describes consumers who hire friends, family members, or strangers as paid personal assistants and compares service satisfaction among the three groups. From surveying 511 consumers of self-directed home care services, the authors found that consumers who hire friends as workers are younger and more educated than consumers who hire family members and strangers, and they are more impaired than consumers with strangers as workers. The fr…
Evaluation of Dental Health Education Programs
The Relationship Between Dental Utilization and Preventive Participation Among a Well‐elderly Sample
Previous studies have shown that dental utilization by older people is lower than for the general population. This study hypothesizes that an elder's tendency toward participating in preventive health activities may be an important factor in explaining the likelihood of accessing the dentist. Subjects included 1,911 older individuals who enrolled in the UCLA Medicare Screening and Health Promotion Trial. All were interviewed about their utilizati…
Comparison of Oral Health Ratings by Dentists and Dentate Elders
Previous studies suggest a discrepancy between the way dentists and patients measure oral health. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between a dentist's rating of an older dentate person's oral health and the patient self-rating using a single-item indicator, and to compare the clinical (i.e., number of teeth, caries, etc.) and subjective (problems with function, pain, etc.) factors that influence the rating. The study sa…
Factors Affecting Self‐ratings of Oral Health
Self-rated oral health may be, for older adults, a better measure of "health" than of "morbidity
Paying Friends, Family Members, or Strangers to Be Home-Based Personal Assistants
This study describes consumers who hire friends, family members, or strangers as paid personal assistants and compares service satisfaction among the three groups. From surveying 511 consumers of self-directed home care services, the authors found that consumers who hire friends as workers are younger and more educated than consumers who hire family members and strangers, and they are more impaired than consumers with strangers as workers. The fr…
Whose choice? Self-Determination and the Motivations of Paid Family and Friend Caregivers
This mixed method study focuses on the experiences of 383 family and friend caregivers paid to provide personal care services to Medicaid-eligible disabled and elderly through California's In-Home Supportive Services program. While much discussion about consumer-directed care concerns the selfdetermination of care recipients, this study investigates related caregivers' perceived choices about assuming these paid caregiver roles. We find that care…
Medicine (6 works) · Dental Health and Care Utilization (4 works) · Family medicine (4 works) · Gerontology (3 works) · Gerontology (3 works) · Nursing (3 works) · Oral microbiology and periodontitis research (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Business (2 works) · Dental Research and COVID-19 (2 works)