Trends in informal and formal home help use among older adults with disabilities in Japan

From 1999 to 2017

Bibliographic Data

ID12608441
AuthorsHidehiro Sugisawa (0000-0003-1646-1824, Gerontology Program J. F. Oberlin University Graduate School of International Studies Sendagaya Campus, 1‐1‐12 Sendagaya, Shibuya‐ku Tokyo 151‐0051 Japan, corresponding author), Yoko Sugihara (0000-0001-5558-3002, Department of Urban Science and Policy Tokyo Metropolitan University 1‐1 Minami‐Osawa, Hachioji‐shi Tokyo 192‐0397 Japan), Erika Kobayashi (0000-0002-6333-7810, Research Team for Social Participation and Community Health Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology 35‐2 Sakae‐cho, Itabashi‐ku Tokyo 173‐0015 Japan), Taro Fukaya (0000-0002-5403-8739, Healthy Aging Innovation Center Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology 35‐2 Sakae‐cho Itabashi‐ku Tokyo 173‐0015 Japan), Jersey Liang (0000-0002-3210-2031, Department of Health Management and Policy University of Michigan School of Public Health 1415 Washington Heights Ann Arbor Michigan 48109‐2029 USA)
Year2023
Volume33
Issue1
Pages220-236
Publication date2023-03-29
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Social Welfare (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1369-6866 • E-ISSN: 1468-2397
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/ijsw.12596
OpenAlexW4361288084
LanguageEN
References cited43

We examined trends and differences in home help (HH) use between 1999 and 2017 regarding living arrangements, gender, income and disability levels relating to the changes in Japan's long‐term care policy. HH is the help provided for activities of daily living to older adults with disabilities. We classified it into four types: only informal, informal and formal, only formal and neither and measured perceived adequacy of HH received by participants. We used five waves of repeated cross‐sectional data from 1999 to 2017 to examine trends using generalised estimation equations. The use of both informal and formal HH increased until 2006 and then gradually decreased but remained higher than in 1999. High perceived adequacy of HH received remained stable between 1999 and 2017. For participants living alone, the rate of using both informal and formal HH increased after 2002; high perceived adequacy of HH received increased until 2006, subsequently remaining steady

Activities of daily living · Economic growth · Economics · Informal sector · Long-term care · Older people · Physical therapy · Sociology · Demography · Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Medicine · Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies · Nursing · Psychology · Gerontology