ELDERLY PEOPLE´S NEED FOR CARE AND SERVICES IN THE FUTURE - A survey for people ranging in age from 50 to 59 years Results of the Finnish data The aim of the study • was to describe 50-59 years old peoples view and expectation of social and health services while they were retired Data collection • The original questionnaire was developed in English and then translated in Finnish - pilot tested in December 2002. • 44 questions: 18 likert scale , 6 dicotomic and 18 multiple choice questions. • The study was implemented in May ja June 2003 in Northern (Pohjanmaa) and South West (Länsi-Suomi) of Finland Results (N=306) • Background information of the Finnish respondents • Finnish respondents expectations of the services in the future Background information of respondents (n=306) • • • • 49% lived in Northern part of Finland 51% lived in Western part of Finland 63 % female, 37% male 68,6% lived in small town, 26,1% in rural area and 5,3 % in big town (city) Respondents education (n= 304) school/ba sic 22 % higher 18 % vocational 60 % Respondents´ health assessed by themselves (n=304) 10,8% 44,9% good rather good not so good 44,3% Health condition, when retired (n=305) 19,7 % 18,4% good rather good not so good 62% Family relations (n=305) 2,0% 1,6 % Nuclear family Single 18,4% Extended family Other 78 % Number of Children (n=305) 50 40 30 20 10 0 0 1 2 3 4 or more Contact to children in the future (n=305) twice a year or less 2,0% once a month 18,4,% no children 8,9% once a week 57% everyday 13,8% Working situation (n=305) unemployed entepreun. retired 5% 7% 5% w orking 83 % Financial situation (n=306) 1,6% 15,7% 59,5% rather good can save some money not so good 23,2% problems in everyday living Sevices in the future - Respondents´expectations and visions Best to live in the future/ when retired ( n=302) 33,4% 3,3% At home Service house Nursing home 63,2% Do you belive that you can get enough care in the future? ( n=304) 7,2% 51,3% yes not so sure no 41,4% From whom you expect to get help when the need for care is minor? (n=304) 7,6% 38,2% family member professional voluntary 54,3% From whom you expect to get long-term help and care? (n=304) 8,2% 16,7% family caregiver professional voluntary 75,1% Who is the best co-ordinator of your care? (n= 302) 20,7% 37,5% Myself Children Spouse 26,0% time to talk bedside the same carer professional education 50 40 30 20 10 0 friendly behaviour The most important qualification of those professionals who will be caring you?( n=293) In the development of eldelry care the special attention should be paid % Access to health services Functional capacity Estimation of being old Access to Social Services Prevention of Mental health problems Understanding between generations Building and maintaining social networks Serious illness of old people Variety of health care services Empowering elderly Access to activities Variety of social services Participation of older people in the society Variety of activities Access of new technology Over estimation of being young 88,7 85,5 79 77,9 74,9 73,5 68,7 66,3 61,5 53,9 52,6 51,4 49,5 48,6 37,9 26,4 Trend in elderly care? ( n=298) 47,7% 36,2% Getting better No change Worse 16,1% How to fund the care for the elderly in the future? (n=303) 35,6% Public funding Private 64% 0,3% Partly public and partly private Conclusions • Over half of respondents were female ( 63%) • In Finland the relation F/ M is 50,15% and 49,85%. • The number of children in this data was higher than generally in Finland • The respondents were less educated compared to Finnish population • They assessed their health condition a little bit higher than generally in this age group of Finns. Conclusions • The salary was the main income for the respondents in Finland • The avaerage salary in 2002 was 2 430 euros/ month male, 1985 euros/ month for female • The average pension in 2002 was 1020 euro/month for male, 900 eruos /month for female Challenges for development of social and health care services • What kind of help / services need to be developed for elderly so that they can be living at home? • How to arrange professional longterm help and care at home? • How to develop support for family caregivers (financial, pshyco-social and emotional) ? • How to fund care of eldelry? Challenges for the professionals • How to communicate with older pelople? • How to show that you estimate an older person? • How to empower an older person? • How to support the independecy of an older person ? • How to support older person´s family relations (a child/ children) ? • How to support family members as a caregivers? Challenges for the education • Which really are the skills/ competences needed in elderly care? • How to impact to attitude and values of students so that they will estimate older people? • How to enable students to understand ageining process? • How to enable students to communicate and interact with older people?