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care services, women more o en than men (34.1% vs. 25.8%). Again, the highest shares may be observed in the same countries, but also in Austria, Germany and Switzerland, while the lowest in Central and Eastern European countries.
e results of the combined variables describing formal care and informal care received are shown in Figure 12. As in the previous situation, the majority (69%) of people aged 65 years and more did not receive any type of care, only part of them did not need it. more than 18% obtained informal care only, every 20th person received formal care only, while the rest (7%) received informal care supported by formal care services. Again, big di erences among the analysed countries may be observed: in some of them older peop- le receive mostly informal care (Poland, Estonia, Croatia, Slovenia), and in others formal care services constitute a substantial part of support received by seniors.
e image changes slightly, when health status is taken into account: more than 29%
of older people with at least one ADL/IADL limitation received informal care only, the next 10% obtained formal care only, and more than 21% received both types of care. is means, however, that almost 40% of older people to some extent did not receive any support. e highest percentages of people with not satis ed care needs were found for Portugal, Poland, Spain and Italy. Once more, this di erence between care needs and received support to some extent may be explained by the subjective perception of older people, but partially this creates a real unmet care needs among older adults, which will be analysed in the next section.
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Figure 12. Share of respondents aged 65+ by the type of received care Source: own elaboration based on the 6th wave of SHARE (weighted results).
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