Intergenerational issues in long term planning

Article Abstract:

The US model of long-term care for the elderly and disabled assumes that institutions are preferable, but family members, especially women, provide most of the care. However, as the number of elderly increases, life spans lengthen and women become less available to provide at home care due to employment, their own health status as elderly spouses and other reasons, new plans must be made. Government and corporate programs are increasingly insufficient to pay the costs of institutional care. Individuals must be given more choice, more training and more support in their role as caregivers.

Social aspects, Analysis, Caregivers, Long-term care of the sick, Long term care, Intergenerational relations

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Marital status and long-term illness in Great Britain

Article Abstract:

A study examined the relationship between marital status and long-term illness in the UK. Findings for those who are not yet 70 years old revealed that the lowest rates of long-term illness are found in first marriage while the highest are experienced by the single. For those 75 years and older, the lowest illness rates are found in single people in the private household population. Single people were not found to be the healthiest when the institutionalized population was incorporated.

United Kingdom, Research, Sick, Sick persons, Marital status

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Present and future health care for an aging society: a proactive self-health approach

Article Abstract:

The age distribution of the US population is shifting towards the older end, with persons over 85 forming the fastest growing segment. Implications for personal and societal approaches to health care are discussed, and a number of health care reform proposals are reviewed. A model for greater individual and family participation in health care and illness prevention is presented. Self-health will be a key component of future planning by families.

Planning, Health care reform, Self-care, Health, Self care (Health), Age distribution (Demography)

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