National Economics University, Hanoi, Vietnam.
Institute of Social and Medical Studies, Hanoi, Vietnam.
Front Public Health. 2023 Mar 8;11:1065851. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1065851. eCollection 2023.
The rapidly growing older population in Vietnam poses an increasing need for care among the older persons, who have mainly relied on informal care at homes and communities. This study examined the Vietnamese older persons' individual and household factors determining their receipt of informal care.
This study provided cross-tabulations and multivariable regression analyses to identify who provided assistance to the Vietnamese older people along with their individual and household characteristics.
The nationally representative survey on older persons, namely Vietnam Aging Survey (VNAS) in 2011 was used in this study.
We found that proportions of older persons having difficulty in activities of daily living (ADLs) were different in regard to their age, sex, marital status, health status, working status, and living arrangements. In care provision, gender differences were clear, in which females generally had significantly higher rates of providing care to older persons than their male counterparts.
Care for older persons in Vietnam has been mainly provided by their families, and thus changes in socio-economic, demographic factors along with differences among generations in family values will be a key challenge to maintain such care arrangements.
越南人口老龄化速度迅速加快，老年人的护理需求也在不断增加，这些老年人主要依靠家庭和社区的非正式护理。本研究考察了决定越南老年人获得非正式护理的个人和家庭因素。
本研究提供了交叉表和多变量回归分析，以确定谁为越南老年人提供了帮助，以及他们的个人和家庭特征。
本研究使用了具有代表性的全国老年人调查，即 2011 年越南老龄化调查（VNAS）。
我们发现，日常生活活动（ADLs）有困难的老年人的比例在年龄、性别、婚姻状况、健康状况、工作状况和生活安排方面存在差异。在护理提供方面，存在明显的性别差异，女性普遍比男性更有可能为老年人提供护理。
越南对老年人的护理主要由家庭提供，因此，社会经济、人口因素的变化以及代际之间家庭价值观的差异，将是维持这种护理安排的一个关键挑战。
