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| Living arrangements, relationship to people in the household and admission to care homes for older people | | Author(s) | Mark McCann, Michael Donnelly, Dermot O'Reilly |
| Journal title | Age and Ageing, vol 40, no 3, May 2011 |
| Pages | pp 358-363 |
| Source | http://ageing.oxfordjournals.org/ http://www.bgs.org.uk/ |
| Keywords | Care homes ; Residents [care homes] ; Admission [care homes] ; Living patterns ; Living with family ; Family relationships ; Longitudinal surveys ; Northern Ireland. |
| Annotation | The study, from Northern Ireland, aimed to assess the separate contributions of marital status, living arrangements and the presence of children to subsequent admission to a care home. A longitudinal study derived from the health card registration system linked to the 2001 Census and comprising 28% of the Northern Ireland population was analysed using Cox regression to assess the likelihood of admission for 51,619 older people in the six years following the census. Cohort members' age, sex, marital and health status and relationship to other household members were analysed. There were 2,138 care home admissions _ a rate of 7.4 admissions per thousand person years. Those living alone had the highest likelihood of admission but there was little difference between the never-married and the previously married. Living with children offered similar protection as did living with a partner. The presence of children reduced admissions especially for married couples. Women were more likely to be admitted, though there were no gender differences for people living alone or those co-habiting with siblings. Concludes that the presence of potential caregivers within the household rather than outside the home is a major risk factor determining admission to a care home. Further research should concentrate on the health and needs of these co-residents. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-110621008 A |
| Classmark | KW: KX: KW:QKH: K7: KA:SJ: DS:SJ: 3J: 9Y |
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