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Aspects of Home and Health over Nine years among Very Old People in Latvia and Sweden

Aspects of Home and Health over Nine years among Very Old People in Latvia and Sweden. Charlotte Löfqvist 2 PhD, Reg OT, Maria Haak 2 phd , reg. ot Co-authors : Signe Tomsone 1 , Vibeke Horstmann 2 , Susanne Iwarsson 2. 1 Riga Stradins University, Department of Rehabilitation

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Aspects of Home and Health over Nine years among Very Old People in Latvia and Sweden

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  1. Aspects of Home and Health over Nine years among Very Old People in Latvia and Sweden Charlotte Löfqvist2 PhD, Reg OT, Maria Haak2phd, reg. ot Co-authors: Signe Tomsone1, Vibeke Horstmann2, Susanne Iwarsson2 1 Riga Stradins University, Department of Rehabilitation 2 Lund University, Department of Health Sciences, Centre for Aging and Supportive Environments

  2. Aim To present preliminary results from a longitudinal study on home and health among single-living very old people in Latvia and Sweden, 2002-2011

  3. Material and methods Data from the Latvian and Swedish parts of the ENABLE-AGE Survey Study: • Baseline (2002/2003) • Follow-up (2011) • Single living • Urban regions in Latvia (Riga and Jūrmala) and Sweden (Lund, Helsingborg, Halmstad)

  4. Study participants Latvia N=303, 75-84 yrs N=59, 86-90 yrs Sweden N=397,80-89 yrs N=67, 91-99 yrs Baseline 2002/03 Follow-up 2011

  5. Reasons for drop-out • Deceased • Health reasons • Not possible to reach (more common in Lv than Sw) • No interest in participating

  6. Instruments

  7. Results: Participantsdescription

  8. Results: Objectivehousing p<.05*, p<.01**, p<.001***

  9. Results: Perceivedhousing p<.05*, p<.01**, p<.001***

  10. Results: Objectivehealth Statistical tests for differences: Wilcoxon signed rank test with p<.05*, p<.01**, p<.001***

  11. Results:Perceivedhealth p<.05*, p<.01**, p<.001***

  12. p<.05*, p<.01**, p<.001***

  13. Results: Life satisfaction

  14. Concluding remarks • One of the first studies of detailed information among very old people taking housing as well as health aspects into account. • Objective and perceived aspects of home changes over time even in advanced age. • Need to be further investigated in order to develop suitable and appropriate services and living conditions for very old people in different European contexts.

  15. Thank you for your attention! For more information pleasecontact: charlotte.lofqvist@med.lu.se or maria.haak@med.lu.se Please visit us on the web: http://www.med.lu.se/case

  16. Discussion • How does these results on housing and health correspond with our experiences of very old peoples everyday life in Latvia? • Perceived aspects of housing – why does it differ between countries – according to satisfaction, control believe, meaning of home etc?

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