[Health care needs and wish to be admitted of subjects with positive indications; a comparison with residents of homes for the aged].
The care needs, utilization of care and the wish to be admitted on a short or long term basis of 135 applicants to homes for the aged are presented and their interrelations considered. The care needs of the applicants to and 207 residents of homes for the aged are compared. With an increasing number of housekeeping disabilities, depressive complaints, memory disorders and, as expected, the use of formal and informal care increased. The care needs of the applicants were at least as large as those of the residents. They had (nearly) as much housekeeping and ADL disabilities and even more feelings of loneliness and depressive complaints. Yet, for those applicants with few housekeeping disabilities the necessity of admission to a home for the aged can be questioned. That is, the wish to be admitted on short term was strongly associated with depressive complaints and feelings of loneliness. Provided that these mental problems can be handled effectively, (more) home care may be an alternative for them.
te Wierik
M J
MJ
Vakgroep Epidemiologie/GZO, Rijksuniversiteit Limburg, Maastricht.
Frederiks
C M
CM
D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000368:Aged / Q000523:psychology; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003866:Depressive Disorder; D006233:Persons with Disabilities; D005260:Female; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006302:Health Services Research; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000600:supply & distribution; D006707:Homes for the Aged / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008132:Loneliness; D008297:Male; D008569:Memory Disorders; D009426:Netherlands
De hulpbehoefte en opnamewens van positief geïndiceerden; een vergelijking met verzorgingshuisbewoners.