Abstract
Becoming a centenarian often means having health issues and/or cognitive restrictions to deal with. Moreover, there is a risk of having a small social network to rely on: Centenarians may live longer than their loved ones who may also be affected by age-related health issues. Research on care receipt among this population is still scarce: What types of helps do they get in their everyday life and from whom? Do they get the support they need? The aim of this presentation is to investigate the care receipt (or non-receipt) among centenarians living in Switzerland and to explore the existence of inequalities in this regard according, for instance, to gender and linguistic region. To meet our research aim we will analyse data from the first nation-wide Swiss centenarian study SWISS100. Between 2021 and 2022, during the first stage of the study, the data collection consisted of telephone interviews with centenarians (N=96) or family members as proxy informants (N=80), yielding data for 176 centenarians. Regarding care, through open-ended questions, we asked whether and what types of informal and formal helps centenarians received in their everyday life. Based on these answers and on data on living situations (residential setting and household composition) we build a typology of the various care arrangements and analyse their association with individual and macro factors. Results are discussed considering context specificities and in terms of long-term care policy and culture.
Presenters
Barbara MasottiResearcher, Centre of Competence on Ageing, University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland (SUPSI), Switzerland
Details
Presentation Type
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
Theme
Ensuring Quality Long-Term Care
KEYWORDS
LONG-TERM CARE, CENTENARIANS, INFORMAL CARE, FORMAL CARE
