Trends in long-term care use among Dutch older men and women between 1995 and 2016
Is the gender gap changing
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11201549 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mari Aaltonen (0000-0002-6620-4968, Tampere University, corresponding author), Dorly Deeg (0000-0003-1131-6855), D J H Deeg (Amsterdam University Medical Centers), Marjolein I Broese Van Groenou (0000-0002-9764-0092, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 1180-1203 |
| Publication date | 2024-05-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Ageing and Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0144-686X • E-ISSN: 1469-1779 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0144686x22000678 |
| OpenAlex | W4288077153 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 52 |
This study examines whether the gender gap in long-term care use in the Netherlands has changed between 1995 and 2016. Previous research has shown that women use more formal care services than men, while men use more informal care. In the past decades, there have been changes in the individual determinants of care use, such as health and social resources, and care provision. This raises the question of whether gender differences in care use have also changed over time. The Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam (LASA) involved respondents aged 70–88 in seven waves: 1995/96, 1998/99, 2002/03, 2005/06, 2008/09, 2011/12 and 2015/16 (N = 6,527 observations). Generalised estimating equations (GEE) were used to analyse changes in the impact of gender on the use of informal and formal home care, residential care and private home care, and the non-use of care. Men used more informal care provided by a partner than women, but women used other sources of care more than men. Individual social resources explained the gender gap in informal and formal home care use, and health and social resources explained the gap in residential care. In the non-use of care and, to some extent, in residential care use, the gender gap widened over the years to the disadvantage of men and was not explained by health and social resources. The persistent and even increasing gender gap in the non-use of care over time warrants an exploration of the role of gender in seeking care and access to care, and a closer examination of the role of long-term care policies in maintaining this gap
Demographic economics · Disadvantage · Elder care · Gender gap · Health care · Long-term care · Longitudinal study · Political science · Residential care · Health disparities and outcomes · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Medicine · Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies · Nursing · Psychology · Gerontology
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| Citations per year | 1 |
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| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |