Title Ageing, care need and quality of life : the perspective of care givers and people in need of care / Gabriele Doblhammer, Rembrandt Scholz (Ed.)

Edition 1. ed Published Wiesbaden : VS, Verl. für Sozialwiss, ©2010

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Description 1 online resource (243 pages) : illustrations Series VS research VS research. Contents pt. 1. Projections of care need and care resources -- pt. 2. Health factors and care determinants -- pt. 3. Care givers Summary Increasing life expectancy and population ageing leads to a rising number of elderly people in need of care. Improvements in health may counterbalance this trend to some extent but cannot fully compensate it. In this proceedings, Gabriele Doblhammer and Rembrandt Scholz present combined expertise in the field of health, care need and care resources. Various care need projections based on diverse projection methods give a detailed overview on probable future developments of the number of people in need of care, mainly for Germany. A special emphasis is put on the future number of people with dementia in Germany. Next to that the authors explore past trends in health and care need in relation to increases in life expectancy and discuss the effects of sex, smoking, obesity, and other determinants that influence health and care need in older ages. The trends in health and care need are additionally viewed in relation to trends in the number of care need providers and their quality of life. This book is a valuable reference for academics in the social sciences, especially those with a focus on health care and demography and for practitioners in the field of health care Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record In Springer eBooks Subject Older people -- Care -- Germany Old age homes -- Germany Old age homes Older people -- Care Prognose Alter Lebensführung Pflegebedarf Internationaler Vergleich Germany Deutschland Europäische Union. Genre/Form Statistics Form Electronic book Author Doblhammer, Gabriele. Scholz, Rembrandt D., 1953- LC no. 2010451914 ISBN 9783531923352 3531923358 1283172585 9781283172585 3531166263 9783531166261

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