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Secular trends in self-reported functioning, need for assistance and attitudes towards life
— 10 year differences of three older cohorts | | Author(s) | K H Pitkala, J Valvanne, S Kulp |
| Journal title | Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, vol 49, no 5, May 2001 |
| Pages | pp 596-600 |
| Keywords | Self care capacity ; Mobility ; Needs [elderly] ; Life satisfaction ; Attitude ; Cross sectional surveys ; Finland. |
| Annotation | The Helsinki Ageing Study is a longitudinal cohort study of random samples of older people living at home from birth cohorts age 75, 80, and 85 in 1989 and in 1999. Among 85-year-olds born in 1914, there was a significantly larger proportion able to go outdoors, compared with 85-year-olds born in 1904. Similar trends were observed between the oldest cohorts concerning the need for assistance. The amount of publicly funded domestic help had reduced in the two oldest cohorts in 1999 compared with 1989, but at the same time 75-year-old women born in 1924 had increased the use of private domestic help compared with those born in 1914. Significantly larger proportions of both men and women had plans for the future in all the cohorts in 1999 than in 1989. Consistent yet small differences between the corresponding cohorts suggest that physical functioning and a more optimistic attitude toward life have increased, and the need for assistance has decreased over 10 years in the older population up to the age of 85. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-020115221 A |
| Classmark | CA: C4: IK: F:5HH: DP: 3KB: 76L |
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