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| Changes in older people's living arrangements in Flanders, 1993-98 | | Author(s) | Veerle Audenaert |
| Journal title | Ageing and Society, vol 23, part 4, July 2003 |
| Pages | pp 451-470 |
| Keywords | Living patterns ; Social surveys ; Belgium. |
| Annotation | The living arrangements of older people are changing. An analysis of official registration data (1993-1998) in Flanders, Belgium, shows that while the number of single person households has been increasing, the proportion of people aged 75 or more living alone has been falling, and the proportion living with a spouse or partner increasing. No less than one third of the older people who lived alone in 1993 sustain a one-person household into very old age. It was also found that those who are widowed at a very advanced age change house or move very quickly, women to a greater extent and at younger ages than men. The principal destinations are residential care homes and to a lesser extent, a daughter/son household. Living alone appears to be a decreasingly acceptable option. Since very old people with a disability appear to have an increasing preference for residential care and a lessening preference for co-residence with relatives, these developments have consequences for both informal family care and public social services. Particular attention needs to be paid to men who live alone as a risk-group, and residential care provision requires expansion. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-030721204 A |
| Classmark | K7: 3F: 76E |
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