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abstract: This paper compares the development of functional health, subjective health and well-being among elderly people living at home in two regions of Switzerland. The comparison between 1979 and 1994 indicates a significant improvement both of functional health Status and of subjective well-being. In both regions the proportion of handicapped elderly persons or of elderly persons with depressive Symptoms has declined. A major factor for this development are improving socioeconomic conditions for younger cohorts of the elderly population.
authors.affiliation: Centre Interfacultaire de Gerontologie, 59, route de Mon-Idee, CH- 1226 Thonex, Schweiz.
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authors.lastname: Lalive d'Epinay
vernacular_title: Zur psychischen und somatischen Situation älterer Menschen - Veränderungen im Verlauf von 1979 bis 1994 an zwei repräsentativen Schweizer Stichproben/ Functional and subjective health ofthe elderly - Comparing the Situation in 1979 and 1994 in two Swiss samples.