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Socio-demographic variations in moves to institutional care 1991-2001
— a record linkage study from England and Wales | | Author(s) | Emily Grundy, Mark Jitlal |
| Journal title | Age and Ageing, vol 36, no 4, July 2007 |
| Pages | pp 424-430 |
| Source | http://www.ageing.oupjournals.org |
| Keywords | Admission [care homes] ; House removal ; Social characteristics [elderly] ; Longitudinal surveys ; England ; Wales. |
| Annotation | Only a minority of older people in England and Wales live in institutional care, but among those aged 80+, this minority is large. While disability is the main reason for admissions, socio-demographic factors are also relevant. Understanding more about the influence of these is important for planning long-term care. This record linkage study investigated the effects of socio-demographic factors, including housing tenure, household type, marital status and number of children on the proportion of older people who had made a transition from living in the community in 1991 to living in institutional care in 2001. Data were from the ONS Longitudinal Study (LS) for 36650 people aged 65+ living in the community in 1991 and still alive in 2001. 19000 women aged 75-89 in 2001 were included in additional analyses of effects of parity (number of children borne). Bivariate and multivariate analyses found that 4.3% of men and 9.3% of women in the surviving sample then aged 75+ were in institutional care in 2001. Older age, living in rented accommodation, living alone in 1991 and being unmarried in 2001, as well as long-term illness, were associated with higher proportions making the transition. Women had higher risks than men. Childless women aged 64-79 in 1991 had a 25% higher risk than women with children of being in institutional care in 2001. Socio-demographic factors continue to influence risks of entry to institutional care in England and Wales. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-070813207 A |
| Classmark | KW:QKH: TNH: F: 3J: 82: 9 |
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