The basic idea is that the elderly might need help with quite different types of assistance, and that a person with skills in one care domain, say help with meals, might not have skills or resources to help in another domain, say help with financial assistance. Similarly, older individuals themselves might have preferences that differ across tasks. For example, a consistent finding is that older men and women would prefer females (wife, daughter, granddaughter)to help them with meal preparation when such assistance is needed. There is a pervasive perception that men cannot cook. We elaborate on this below in the section:Dimensions of care giving and receiving.