Patterns of Multidimensional Social Exclusion Among Older Home Care Services Recipients.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The guiding principle of current aging policies has been to promote older adults to live in their private homes, but little attention has been paid to social exclusion of older adults receiving home-based care. The aim of this study is to increase understanding on different patterns of multidimensional social exclusion among older adults receiving formal home care services, and through this to shed light on the possible challenges of current aging-in-place policies.

Methods

The survey data were collected in 2022 among older adults aged 65 to 102 years receiving home care services in Finland and merged with administrative data (n = 733). A latent class analysis was used to identify different types of social exclusion. Multinomial logistic regression modeling examin

SUBMITTER: Ristolainen H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11310456 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature