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Does gender matter?
— differences in patterns of informal support and formal services in a Swedish urban elderly population | | Author(s) | Kristina Larsson, Mats Thorslund |
| Journal title | Research on Aging, vol 24, no 3, May 2002 |
| Pages | pp 308-336 |
| Keywords | Older men ; Older women ; Informal care ; Services ; Urban areas ; Sweden. |
| Annotation | When facing dependency, most older men receive care from spouses, whereas older women more often rely on relatives or public elder care. This Swedish population-based study of people aged 81-100 concerns public elder care and informal support in relation to having a co-residing caregiver. After controlling for functional and cognitive impairment as well as self-reported need of assistance with instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs), findings indicate that men had higher odds of receiving care when co-resident and/or extra-resident and/or public home help services were included. After controlling also for co-residing, the gender differences disappeared. The main distinction was found between those living alone and those co-residing, not between men and women. Thus, when studying use of public elder care and support from relatives and friends, it is vital to include household composition, and thereby the possibility of receiving care from a co-residing caregiver in the analysis. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-020516205 A |
| Classmark | BC: BD: P6: I: RK: 76P |
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