Elderly Needs and Support Received

Old age comes with health deterioration and limitations in everyday activities, as well as feelings of loneliness and depression. When there is a shortfall between the care and support a person needs and what they actually receive, we are in the presence of unmet needs for support. We investigate th...

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Published inRomanian journal of population studies Vol. 10; no. 1; pp. 105 - 132
Main Authors Somesan, Veronica, Haragus, Mihaela
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Cluj-Napoca Centre for Population Studies 2016
Centrul de Studiere a Populaţiei
University Babes-Bolyai Cluj-Napoca, Centre for the Study of Population Studies
Subjects
Emotions
Mental depression
Older people
Social Sciences
Romania
unmet needs
emotional needs
elderly
care needs
loneliness, depression
intergenerational support
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Summary:Old age comes with health deterioration and limitations in everyday activities, as well as feelings of loneliness and depression. When there is a shortfall between the care and support a person needs and what they actually receive, we are in the presence of unmet needs for support. We investigate the degree of unmet needs for support, as well as the risk factors for such a situation, using Generation and Gender Survey data for Romania (wave 1). We found that partner's absence is strongly associated with a situation of unmet emotional needs, as we expected. Being childless also increase the likelihood of loneliness-related unmet emotional needs, but a close proximity to the children is not always emotionally beneficial since conflicts can occur. It seems that weaknesses in the functional status of the elderly are associated with more frequent interactions with close people and, thus, with a low likelihood of having unmet emotional needs.
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ISSN:1843-5998