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The value of long-term care in Ohio : public dollars and private dedications
Get PDFThis report provides estimates of the number of older people in Ohio who received long-term care in 1999 and identifies:
1) Whether they are receiving formal care: a) in an institution; b) in the community; or c) receiving informal care from family, friends, and neighbors in the community.
2) The value of care provided in each setting; and
3) Who paid for the care?
In addition, this report discusses whether Ohio can continue with its present policies, given an expected and unprecedented increase in the number of older people as well as disabled, older people in the next 50 years
Regret and behavior: comment on Zeelenberg and Pieters
Get PDFZeelenberg and Pieter's (2007) regret regulation theory 1.0 offers a synthesis that brings
together concepts spanning numerous literatures. We have no substantive disagreement with
their theory, but instead offer
3 observations to further aid regret researchers studying con-
sumer decision making. First, the overall arch of any regret theory must be situated within an
understanding of behavior regulation. Second, the distinction between regrets of action versus
inaction is best understood in terms of motivational implications, particularly with regard to
Higgin's
(1998) distinction between promotion and prevention focus. Third, the opportunity
principle offers a particularly clear means of summarizing the regulatory consequences of the
regret experience. Regret is an emotion pivotal for decision making, and its cognitive under-
pinning has and continues to be elucidated in research focusing on counter factual thinking
