Open AccessGender differences in care home admission risk: partner's age explains the higher risk for women
Author(s) -
Mark McCann,
Michael Donnelly,
Dermot O’Reilly
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
age and ageing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.014
H-Index - 143
eISSN - 1468-2834
pISSN - 0002-0729
DOI - 10.1093/ageing/afs022
Subject(s) - medicine , life expectancy , gerontology , cohort , health care , demography , cohort study , longitudinal study , population , environmental health , pathology , sociology , economics , economic growth
older women have a higher risk of care home admission than men, this difference remains even after accounting for variations in health. A likely reason for this is the difference in social support provided by spouses. Older men may provide less care for their wives than women do for their husbands.
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