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Figure 18. Share of people aged 65+ with at least one ADL or IADL limitation with unmet care needs Source: own elaboration based on the 6th wave of SHARE (weighted results).
ConClusion
e aim of this paper was the analysis of demand for care among people aged 65 years and more and its provision in selected European countries. e obtained results show that the analysed European countries di er signi cantly with regard to the health status of older people, which may be grouped into two broad groups: Western and Northern European countries and Southern, Central and Eastern ones. In particular, the worst health status was observed in such countries as Poland, Croatia, Estonia and Portugal, while the best in Belgium, Switzerland, Sweden and Denmark. In general, women had worse health status than men did in terms of both self-rated health, long-standing disa- bility and limitations in ADL/IADL. moreover, the outcomes con rmed the health status of older people worsens with age.
As for receiving care, half of older people with at least one limitation in ADL or IADL did not receive any type of informal care. Furthermore, about one third of them used formal care services, women more o en than men. e analysis of unmet care needs showed that in all the countries about half of the respondents with ADL/IADL limitation did not receive informal care (unmet needs type 1), but when formal care is accounted for (unmet needs type 2), this share reduced by 10 pp. Bigger unmet care needs were observed among people aged 65–79 than for those aged 80 years and more. e biggest unmet care needs were observed in Portugal and Spain, while the lowest in the Czech Republic and Croatia.
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