Predictive factors for entry to long-term residential care in octogenarian Maori and non-Maori in New Zealand, LiLACS NZ cohort.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Long-term residential care (LTC) supports the most vulnerable and is increasingly relevant with demographic ageing. This study aims to describe entry to LTC and identify predictive factors for older Māori (indigenous people of New Zealand) and non-Māori.

Methods

LiLACS-NZ cohort project recruited Māori and non-Māori octogenarians resident in a defined geographical area in 2010. This study used multivariable log-binomial regressions to assess factors associated with subsequent entry to LTC including: self-identified ethnicity, demographic characteristics, self-rated health, depressive symptoms and activities of daily living [ADL] as recorded at baseline. LTC entry was identified from: place of residence at LiLACS-NZ interviews, LTC subsidy, needs assessment conduct

SUBMITTER: Holdaway M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7788817 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature