[Residential and living conditions of elderly women and men immigrants in Hamburg].
In 1996 the Public Authority for Employment, Health and Social Welfare of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg did research on the living and health conditions of Hamburg's foreign senior citizens with the intention of providing general assistance in all areas of life including health care planning. The sampling (n = 1034) included six nationalities: Turkish (482), Yugoslavian (153), Italian (119), Portuguese (109), Polish (94), and Iranian (77). The foreigners interviewed said they felt older and considered themselves in worse health than their German counterparts. Their incomes were lower, their flats smaller and their lives less comfortable. Additionally, they had more children with a higher number of people per household. Only 17% wanted to return to their home countries after going into retirement. Most would rather live only part of the year in their home country and the other part in Germany. The results of the study show that it is preferable to integrate foreigners into Hamburg's elderly care system by modifying existing facilities instead of developing completely new ones and by providing information (booklets and videos) on the health care system.
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Behörde für Arbeit, Gesundheit und Soziales, Hamburg. bash11k@mailhub.FHHNET.dbp.de
D000368:Aged; D004641:Emigration and Immigration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany; D006299:Health Services for the Aged / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D016852:Housing for the Elderly / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009017:Morbidity / Q000639:trends*; D012943:Social Security / Q000706:statistics & numerical data