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| The impact of chronic illness on workforce participation and the need for assistance with household tasks and personal care by older Australians | | Author(s) | Laurann Yen, Ian McRae, Yun-Hee Jeon |
| Journal title | Health and Social Care in the Community, vol 19, no 5, September 2011 |
| Pages | pp 485-494 |
| Source | http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/bsc/hscc |
| Keywords | Chronic illness ; Early retirement ; Work capacity ; Housework capacity ; Self care capacity ; Australia. |
| Annotation | The study looked at how people with chronic illness often leave the workforce early, have low incomes and need additional support to manage their health. It also investigated the need for assistance with everyday household tasks and personal care. Postal surveys were sent to a random sample of 10,000 members of National Seniors Australia between August and September 2009. Responses were received from 4,574 respondents. Of these, 82% per cent reported having at least one chronic illness at the time of the survey. Findings revealed that ill health led to earlier retirement, and those who were sickest required more assistance with their household tasks and personal care. Overall, each additional chronic illness present at age 50 reduced working life by an average of one year, and each present at age 60 by 0.7 years. Diabetes, arthritis and depression were significantly related to earlier retirement. The authors highlight the need to review the adequacy of current social and health policy in this group. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-111124006 A |
| Classmark | CI: G5M: BIL: CAM: CA: 7YA |
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