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The determinants of receiving social care in later life in England
- Source :
- Ageing and Society
- Publication Year :
- 2013
- Publisher :
- Cambridge University Press, 2013.
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Abstract
- Demographic change and policy changes in social care provision can affect the type of social care support received by older people, whether through informal, formal state or formal paid-for sources. This paper analyses the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing data (wave 4) in order to examine the relationship between demographic and socio-economic characteristics, and the receipt of support from different sources by older people who report difficulty with daily activities. The research outlines three key results with implications for the future organisation of social care for older people. Firstly, the number of instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs) an older person reports having difficulty with, followed by the number of activities of daily living (ADLs) are the strongest determinants of receiving support from any source. Secondly, there are significant gender differences in the factors associated with receiving support from different sources; for example, physical health is a strong determinant of informal support receipt by men, while mental health status is a strong determinant of informal support receipt by women. Finally, the research shows that different kinds of impediments in everyday life are associated with receiving support from different sources. This ‘link’ between particular types of difficulties and support receipt from particular sources raises questions about the way social care provision can or should be organised in the future.
- Subjects :
- Gerontology
Longitudinal study
Health (social science)
Activities of daily living
Social Psychology
Affect (psychology)
older people
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
030502 gerontology
030212 general & internal medicine
Everyday life
Receipt
support
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Articles
Mental health
social care
informal care
Demographic change
English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA)
Social care
Geriatrics and Gerontology
0305 other medical science
Psychology
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14691779 and 0144686X
- Volume :
- 35
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Ageing and Society
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....e40dea38d7d5855f644868f49c163b1a