Care dependence and individual care provision

For policy purposes as well as for the provision of individual care, it is relevant to known which individual characteristics have impact upon the level of care dependence. For purposes of individual care provision, characteristics which can be influenced and which also have an important impact upon the care dependence are of interest. This study showed that the profoundly mentally handicapped are almost all totally dependent upon care, and therefore additional information about individual characteristics is superfluous. The results of logistic regression analyses showed a statistically significant and important impact of ADL-functions. Exactly which other characteristics are relevant to consider depends upon the level of care dependence and the level of mental handicap.