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| Spousal bereavement as a triggering mechanism for a loss of residential independence among Canadian seniors | | Author(s) | Lisa Strohschein |
| Journal title | Research on Aging, vol 33, no 5, September 2011 |
| Pages | pp 576-597 |
| Source | http://roa.sagepub.com/ |
| Keywords | Bereavement ; Spouses ; Housing [elderly] ; Residents [care homes] ; Admission [care homes] ; At risk. |
| Annotation | It is well known that unmarried seniors are more likely to experience instability in their living arrangements compared with their married counterparts, however few studies have tested whether spousal bereavement alone operates as a triggering mechanism for a subsequent loss of residential independence. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether Canadian seniors are at greater risk for institutionalisation or sharing a residence with others in the period immediately following spousal bereavement and whether this risk declines as acute responses to the crisis of bereavement become tempered with time. Data came from six waves of the Canadian National Population Health Survey (1994-2004), with the sample restricted to married or cohabiting adults who, at initial interview, were 65 years of age or older and living in a couple-only household. Results from a competing risks analysis for time to first event, where first event was either moving into an institution or sharing a residence with others, confirm the time-dependent consequences of spousal bereavement. Relative to seniors whose spouse was still living 10 years later, respondents who experienced the death of a spouse or partner between 1994 and 2004 were at significantly greater risk for both institutionalisation and coresidence in the period immediately following bereavement, with risk attenuating over time. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-121026065 A |
| Classmark | DW: SN: KE: KX: KW:QKH: CA3 |
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