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Institutionalisation and subjective wellbeing for old-age individuals — is life really miserable in care homes?
Author(s)	Petri Bockerman, Edvard Johansson, Samuli I Saarni
Journal title	Ageing and Society, vol 32, part 7, October 2012
Pages	pp 1176-1192
Source	http://www.journals.cambridge.org/aso
Keywords	Care homes ; Long term residents ; Quality of life ; Well being ; Finland.
Annotation	This Finnish study looked at whether there are systematic differences in quality of life and well-being among older adults living at home versus living in an institution, holding health status and income level constant. A nationally representative data set, the Health 2000 in Finland, was used. After controlling for health and functional status, demographics and income level, the study found that individuals who were living in old age homes actually reported significantly higher levels of subjective well-being than those who were living at home. The authors argue that this finding emerges from queuing for care homes. There are individuals living at home who are so frail that they should really be living in an old age institution. However because of the queues for that particular mode of living, they are living at home with a decreased quality of life as a consequence. (JL).
Accession Number	CPA-121002005 A
Classmark	KW: KX:4Q: F:59: D:F:5HH: 76L
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