Older Adults More Likely To Go Into A Nursing Home Just After Death Of Spouse

The chances of older adults being institutionalized, for instance in a nursing home, go up significantly immediately after the death of a spouse, according to new research from Finland.

The study was conducted by Elina Nihtila and Pekka Martikainen, sociology researchers at the University of Helsinki in Finland and was published online in the American Journal of Public Health yesterday, May 29th.

The researchers investigated the risk of an older adult entering long-term institutional care after the death of their spouse, compared with how long they lived after their loss. They also looked at whether level of education or household income had an effect.

Norman DeLisle, MDRC
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