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Frail Older Persons in the Netherlands (Netherlands Institute for Social Research) - Softcover

Campen, Cretien Van

 
9789037705539: Frail Older Persons in the Netherlands (Netherlands Institute for Social Research)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 9037705537 ISBN 13: 9789037705539
Verlag: Sociall en Cultureel Planbureau, 2012

Inhaltsangabe

How many vulnerable elders live in the Netherlands? Will this number increase remarkably in the years ahead? This report presents the first national description of elders in the Netherlands with multiple problems, who are consequently at risk for becoming care-dependent. It provides a description for care professionals, policymakers, researchers, and elders, who are interested in the final phase of life and how it develops. In addition, it explores how elders can be protected against vulnerability, compares characteristics of the residential setting and lifestyle of vulnerable and healthy elders, and examines what care and support vulnerable elders receive, including elders who don’t receive care or support. The report concludes with policy recommendations for the future.

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Cretien van Campen, The Netherlands Institute for Social Research, The Hague.

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The vast majority of older persons in the Netherlands feel healthy and happy for a long time. A smaller group of mostly very elderly persons have become dependent on care and support. It is in the transition between these two groups that frail older persons are found. At first sight, these persons appear to be healthy and they also still feel well, which means that help is generally sought or offered too late when health problems arise. In some cases, it transpires after the event that admission to a care or nursing home could perhaps have been avoided if their frailty had been identified earlier and minor interventions could have helped them maintain their quality of life. How many frail older persons are there in the Netherlands? Will their number increase markedly in the years ahead? This report presents the first national description of older persons in the Netherlands with multiple problems who are consequently at risk of becoming care-dependent within a few years and of losing their independence. This report provides a description for care professionals, policymakers, researchers and older persons themselves of what frailty in the latter years of life is and how it develops. This report also explores the question of what might protect older persons against frailty. It compares characteristics of the residential setting and lifestyle of frail and healthy older persons. It also examines what care and support frail older
persons receive and which older persons do not receive any care or support. The report concludes with policy recommendations and a look to the future.

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The vast majority of older persons in the Netherlands feel healthy and happy for a long time. A smaller group of mostly very elderly persons have become dependent on care and support. It is in the transition between these two groups that frail older persons are found. At first sight, these persons appear to be healthy and they also still feel well, which means that help is generally sought or offered too late when health problems arise. In some cases, it transpires after the event that admission to a care or nursing home could perhaps have been avoided if their frailty had been identified earlier and minor interventions could have helped them maintain their quality of life. How many frail older persons are there in the Netherlands? Will their number increase markedly in the years ahead? This report presents the first national description of older persons in the Netherlands with multiple problems who are consequently at risk of becoming care-dependent within a few years and of losing their independence. This report provides a description for care professionals, policymakers, researchers and older persons themselves of what frailty in the latter years of life is and how it develops. This report also explores the question of what might protect older persons against frailty. It compares characteristics of the residential setting and lifestyle of frail and healthy older persons. It also examines what care and support frail older persons receive and which older persons do not receive any care or support. The report concludes with policy recommendations and a look to the future.

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Verlag
Sociall en Cultureel Planbureau
Erscheinungsdatum
2012
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
9037705537
ISBN 13 
9789037705539
Einband
Taschenbuch
Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
218
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