Ageing, Care Need and Quality of Life

The Perspective of Care Givers and People in Need of Care
Herausgegeben:Doblhammer, Gabriele; Scholz, Rembrandt

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Produktbeschreibung

The Perspective of Care Givers and People in Need of Care

Produktdetails

• Demografischer Wandel - Hintergründe und Herausforderungen
• Verlag: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 85038888, 978-3-531-16626-1
• 2010
• Seitenzahl: 244
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. April 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 210mm x 148mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 321g
• ISBN-13: 9783531166261
• ISBN-10: 3531166263
• Artikelnr.: 25627646

Autorenporträt

Prof. Dr. Gabriele Doblhammer is Professor for Empirical Social Science and Demography at the University of Rostock and Director of the Rostock Center for the Study of Demographic Change. Dr. Rembrandt Scholz is Research Scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock.

Inhaltsangabe

Projections of Care Need and Care Resources.- People in Need of Long-term Care: The Present and the Future.- Care Need Projections for Germany until 2050.- Care Need Projections by Marital Status and Childlessness for Germany 2000-2030 based on the FELICIE Project.- Projection of Care Need and Family Resources in Germany.- Cohort Trends in Disability and Future Care Need in Germany.- Projections of the Number of People with Dementia in Germany 2002 Through 2047.- Health Factors and Care Determinants.- The Effect of Sex, Obesity and Smoking on Health Transitions: A Statistical Meta-analysis.- Demand for Long-term Residential Care and Acute Health Care by Older People in the Context of the Ageing Population of Finland.- Old Age, the Need of Long-term Care and Healthy Life Expectancy.- Trends in Individual Trajectories of Health Limitations: A Study based on the German Socio-Economic Panel for the Periods 1984 to 1987 and 1995 to 1998.- Care Givers.- Perceived Care Giver Burden of Spouses and Children in Flanders: Who's Feeling more Burdened and Why?.- Voluntary Care Giving in the Life Course of Women in Eastern and Western Germany.Aus dem Inhalt:
- Care Need Projections
- Dementia
- Health Factors and Care Determinants
- Trends in Health and Care Need
- Projections of the Number of Care Givers
- Quality of Life of Care Givers