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Research into practice
- Author:
- MANTHORPE Jill
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 6.3.03, 2003, p.49.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The Greater London Authority has recently published research comparing data on London's older population with those in other cities. Figures reveal a group declining in numbers and dependent on extended family networks.
Recent trends in elderly suicide rates in England and Wales
- Authors:
- HOXEY Kate, SHAH Ajit
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 15(3), March 2000, pp.274-279.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This study examines the following in England and Wales: recent trends in the elderly suicide rate and method-specific elderly suicide rate; the relationship between elderly population size and elderly suicide rate in recent years; and the sex difference in overall and method-specific elderly suicide rate. Discusses the findings and the need to ensure a further decline in suicide rates to meet the 'Our Healthier Nations' target.
The last refuge: a survey of residential institutions and homes for the aged in England and Wales
- Author:
- TOWNSEND Peter
- Publisher:
- Routledge
- Publication year:
- 1962
- Pagination:
- 567p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Length of stay in care homes
- Authors:
- FORDER Julien, FERNANDEZ Jose-Luis
- Publisher:
- Personal Social Services Research Unit
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 28p.
- Place of publication:
- Canterbury
Care home placements constitute the majority (57%) of net council spending in England on social care for older people. Information about the expected length of stay for people admitted to a care home is important for predicting lifetime costs. This study investigates the length of stay of care home residents by drawing on information about all 11,565 residents that died in Bupa care homes in the period Nov 2008 to May 2010. Residents of the 305 Bupa homes are largely representative of the England average in relation to age, sex and funding source, but Bupa has more people in nursing beds with a higher level of frailty. In the Bupa sample, the average length of stay was 801 days, but with a considerable tail of long-stayers. Half of residents had died by 462 days. Around 27% of people lived for more than 3 years, with the longest stayer living for over 20 years. People had a 55% chance of living for the first year after admission, which increased to nearly 70% for the second year before falling back over subsequent years. Adjusted results estimated to more closely reflect the situation in England are provided. The length of stay information is combined with information about the weekly costs of a care home placement to calculate expected costs of care for people newly admitted to care homes. At £550 per week (before inflation), an 832-day expected stay would cost £65,400.
The future ageing of the ethnic minority population in England and Wales
- Author:
- LIEVESLEY Nat
- Publisher:
- Runnymede Trust
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 81p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
This report gives a detailed estimate of the ethnic make-up of the older population of England and Wales over the next 40 years. It uses, as its classification of ethnicity, the 16 ethnic groups chosen for the 2001 census. While the present population of older black and minority ethnic (BME) people is relatively small and mainly born overseas, over time it will become much larger, more ethnically diverse and will include more people born in the UK . The study used the 16 ethnic group classifications used by the 2001 census. Using 2001 census data as a starting point, the study projects population figures at 5 year time points to 2051 using Cohort Component projections. The report finds that by 2051 the BME (including white ethnic minority groups) population of England and Wales will have reached 25 million, making up 36% of the total. By 2051, in England and Wales , there will be 3.8 million BME older people aged 65 and over and 2.8 million aged 70 and over. This changing population will have implications for public service planners at a local and national level and financial institutions.
Methods of elderly suicides in England and Wales by country of birth groupings
- Authors:
- DENNIS Michael, SHAH Ajit, LINDESAY James
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 24(11), November 2009, pp.1311-1313.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This brief article presents statistics on methods of suicide used by older males and females, using data on suicides and open verdicts for England and Wales obtained from the Office for National Statistics for the period 2001 to 2005. As data concerning ethnicity are not recorded on death certificates, country of birth was used as a proxy. Although this approach only provides mortality data of first generation migrants rather than for entire black and minority ethnic (BME) groups, there is a close match between ethnicity and country of birth for older people. Individual countries of birth were grouped into broader regional country of birth categories, and the number of suicides for each method was calculated by gender for each country of birth grouping. A combined BME group was then calculated for each gender by combining those born outside England and Wales. The results show that hanging, drug overdose and drowning were the commonest methods of suicide in older people in England and Wales in most country of birth groups; in the female Indian subcontinent group the commonest methods were drug overdose, drowning, and burning; methods of suicide in older people were generally similar in the BME population compared to people born in England and Wales.
Estimating the changing population of the 'oldest old'
- Authors:
- DINI Ercilia, GOLDRING Shayla
- Journal article citation:
- Population Trends, 132, Summer 2008, pp.8-16.
- Publisher:
- Office for National Statistics
The population of England and Wales is becoming older. This poses an increasing demand for detailed data on the size and trends of the population at the oldest ages. Using the recently released Office for National Statistics (ONS) estimates of the population aged 90 and over in England and Wales, this article shows trends in the population of the oldest old and demographic causes of the rapid increase in centenarians during the twentieth century. It also presents further validation of the ONS estimates of the oldest old with estimates from other data sources.
Personal social services local authority statistics: residential accommodation; detailed statistics on residential care homes and local authority supported residents, England, 1996
- Editor:
- STATON Roger
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 220p.,tables.
- Place of publication:
- London
Personal social services local authority statistics: residential accommodation for elderly and younger physically handicapped people all residents...at 31/3/85, England
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health and Social Security
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health and Social Security
- Publication year:
- 1987
- Pagination:
- np., tables.
- Place of publication:
- London
Personal social services local authority statistics: residential accommodation for elderly and for younger physically handicapped people, all residents ...at 31/3/86, England
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health and Social Security
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health and Social Security
- Publication year:
- 1987
- Pagination:
- np., tables.
- Place of publication:
- London