Utilisation willingness for institutional care by the elderly: a comparative study of empty nesters and non-empty nesters in Shandong, China.

ABSTRACT: INTRODUCTION:Institutional care has been strongly promoted in China to meet seniors' long-term care needs. Empty-nest elderly, in comparison with their counterparts, have less social support and fewer caring networks. This study aimed to compare the utilisation willingness for institutional care and its predictors between empty-nest and non-empty-nest seniors. METHODS:A total of 3923 seniors were included in the analysis. Binary logistic regression models were used to understand the association between the living arrangements of the elderly households and willingness for institutional care and to identify the predictors of the utilisation willingness for institutional care among empty nesters and non-empty nesters. RESULTS:Our study found that approximately 8.5% of the seniors had a willin

SUBMITTER: Qian Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6104795 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature