title: [Local backgrounds of demand and supply of nursing homes].
abstract: This report deals with the question, why municipalities differ so much in the number of elderly who are staying in a home for the aged. Official statistics, the national survey in 1982 and a local survey among the elderly in a municipality with a low capacity have been analysed. Some interesting results of the report are: if there isn't a home for the elderly in the domicile -- and the elderly have to move to another village for the care they need -- many prefer to stay on their own. In the past alternatives (such as special dwellings, more home help, etc.) have been created. In municipalities with many small villages also a relatively low capacity of homes for the elderly has been realised in the past. An other determinant of the capacity is the political and religious structure of a municipality.
authors.affiliation: Vakgroep Sociologie RUG, Groningen.
authors.forename: H R
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Knol
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003710:Demography; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000600:supply & distribution; D006707:Homes for the Aged / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D006801:Humans; D009426:Netherlands; D009735:Nursing Homes / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D011057:Politics; D011640:Public Policy; D012111:Residence Characteristics
vernacular_title: Lokale achtergronden van vraag en aanbod van verzorgingstehuizen.