TABLE 10.

Meals-on-Wheels Recipients’ Use of Formal Services

	White %	Black %	Hispanic %	Total %
Used visiting nurse service	34.5	40.0	33.5	35.8
Used homemaker service***	26.8	38.7	30.3	30.4
Hired personal help***	29.6	16.2	14.6	24.3
Attended senior center	14.9	17.5	11.9	15.2
Used special transportation*	33.5	40.8	37.8	35.9
Spoke with social worker**	59.6	69.1	56.8	61.7
Spoke with clergy***	19.1	39.5	25.4	25.2
Used telephone reassurance**	12.6	17.5	7.6	13.3
Went to hospital emergency room	30.5	31.6	28.1	30.5

^*p < .05.

^**p < .01.

^***p < .001.