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)
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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?