Klein T, Salaske I
Universität Konstanz, Fakultät für Verwaltungswissenschaft.
Z Gerontol. 1994 Nov-Dec;27(6):442-55.
The aim of the following longitudinal study of institutionalization was 1) to ascertain the risk of institutionalization of an elderly person, and 2) to examine the factors related to institutionalization in old age. The probability of an old person to spend some portion of his life in any home for the aged is much higher than the 5% (Western Germany) or the 8% (Eastern Germany) which can be observed at any point in time. In the individual life-course up to 43% of men and up to 70% of women become institutionalized. The factors related to institutionalization are age, sickness, housing conditions, and marital status, whereas the gender difference is explained entirely by other factors. Furthermore, the probability to become institutionalized in old age is also a function of mortality.
1）确定老年人进入机构养老的风险；2）研究与老年机构养老相关的因素。老年人一生中在任何养老院度过一段时间的概率远高于在任何时间点所观察到的5%（西德）或8%（东德）。在个人生命历程中，高达43%的男性和高达70%的女性会进入机构养老。与机构养老相关的因素包括年龄、疾病、住房条件和婚姻状况，而性别差异完全由其他因素解释。此外，老年时进入机构养老的概率也是死亡率的一个函数。
