title: The living arrangements of elderly people.
abstract: "In order to assess possible future trends in the living arrangements of elderly people and their implications, we need to understand the causes of...relatively recent changes.  Analysts have variously stressed demographic trends, economic factors and behavioural or cultural shifts as major influences on changing household patterns.  These arguments are reviewed [in this article]."  Aspects considered include the availability of spouse and children, coresidence between elderly parents and children, cultural factors, income, and health and health care.  The primary geographical focus is on the United Kingdom, with some additional information for the United States and selected other developed countries.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000569:Americas; D002648:Child; D003469:Culture; D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D004467:Economics; D005060:Europe; D005190:Family; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005195:Family Relations; D005544:Forecasting; D005843:Geography; D006262:Health; D006296:Health Services; D007182:Income; D009656:North America; D010290:Parents; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D012106:Research; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D006113:United Kingdom; D014481:United States
keywords: Adult; Age Factors; Aged; Americas; Child; Cultural Background; Delivery Of Health Care; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Economic Factors; Estimation Technics; Europe; Family And Household; Family Characteristics; Family Relationships; Geographic Factors; Health; Health Services; Income; Kinship Networks; Living Arrangements--determinants; North America; Northern America; Northern Europe; Parents; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Forecast; Research Methodology; Residence Characteristics; Socioeconomic Factors; Spatial Distribution; United Kingdom; United States; Youth