OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to examine the characteristics of Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients living alone and to describe the rate of cognitive and functional impairment after a one-year follow-up. DESIGN AND SETTING In a prospective longitudinal study conducted by the French network on Alzheimer's disease (the REAL.FR study), 677 older community-dwelling AD patients were inte...

This study aimed at investigating the prevalence and factors associated with living alone among older persons in Uganda. A secondary analysis of the 2010 Uganda National Household Survey (UNHS) data was conducted. A complementary log-log regression model was used to estimate the association between living alone and demographic, socio-economic and health factors. Nearly one out of ten (9%) older...

Introduction: One of the most popular methods for evaluating old people’s health condition is to assess their functional practice. The aim of this study was to assess the status of daily living activities among the older people of Maku, Iran. Methods: The present cross-sectional study was accomplished among 216 older people in Maku via simple random sampling. Participant’s subj...

OBJECTIVES This study examined differences in health behaviors between elderly people living alone and with others; it also investigated whether the effect of living with others differs according to housemate type, namely a spouse and/or younger generations. METHODS Gender-stratified data from the 2013 Korea Community Health Survey for individuals aged 60 to 74 living in Seoul were analyzed. ...

BACKGROUND One of the factors that have impact on the health status of elderly people is living alone. This study was conducted to examine the living condition of elderly population in Babol and probable differences which this condition induced on the health disorders of elderly people. METHODS This cross-sectional study was performed on 1544 elderly people aged 60 and over in Amirkola, Babol...

Peggy Koopman-Boyden is currently Senior Fellow in Social Gerontology at the National Institute of Demographic and Economic Analysis at the University of Waikato, working on research programmes related to ageing. Sheena Moosa is a PhD student. the motivations of older New Zealanders (aged 65 and over) who live alone, and the strategies they adopt to make their solo lifestyle meaningful. Living ...

BACKGROUND The past 30 years have seen major changes in the living arrangements of older people and in long-term care policy in England and Wales. Co-resident family care and institutional care can be alternatives for seriously disabled older people, so changes in the availability of either may affect demands for the other. AIMS To analyse changes in older people's living arrangements in thre...