大衰退期间家庭护理的未满足需求:英格兰和爱尔兰的比较分析
Fei Wang1,2, Katy Tobin3,4, Steve Thomas4
1Department of Gerontology, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.
Journal of aging & social policy
|January 24, 2026
概括
许多老年人面临着未得到满足的家庭护理需求,特别是在经济衰退期间. 爱尔兰报告的未满足需求明显高于英格兰,而财富并没有提供保护.
科学领域:
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 卫生经济学 卫生经济学
- 公共政策 公共政策
背景情况:
- 家庭护理服务是必不可少的,但往往面临资金限制.
- 经济紧缩加剧了家庭护理支持的未满足需求.
- 对脆弱的老年人群来说,了解未得到满足的家庭护理需求至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 研究英格兰和爱尔兰50岁以上成年人家庭护理需求的决定因素.
- 调查公共资金在经济大衰退期间未得到满足的家庭护理需求中的作用.
- 为了比较英格兰和爱尔兰之间的未满足的家庭护理需求.
主要方法:
- 利用了来自英国老化纵向研究 (ELSA) 和爱尔兰老化纵向研究 (TILDA) 的数据.
- 分析了与未满足的家庭护理需求相关的因素,包括财富,身体和认知脆弱性.
- 比较了英国和爱尔兰在经济大衰退期间未得到满足的需求的普遍性.
主要成果:
- 与英格兰 (38.0%) 相比,爱尔兰的老年人中报告未满足的家庭护理需求比例较高 (66.1%).
- 在这两个国家,财富并没有始终保护人们免受家庭护理需求的不满足.
- 活动限制在爱尔兰增加了未满足需求的可能性,而较差的认知功能在英格兰减少了它.
结论:
- 在英格兰和爱尔兰之间,由于经济条件和可能存在的公共融资差异,在未满足的家庭护理需求方面存在显著差异.
- 个人脆弱性,如身体和认知健康,与未满足的家庭护理需求有着复杂的,国家特定的关联.
- 基于证据的政策制定需要了解公共融资在经济不确定性期间对未满足需求的影响,需要更好的国际老龄化数据协调.
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