Institutionalization of Older Adults After the Death of a Spouse
AUTOR(ES)
Nihtilä, Elina
FONTE
American Public Health Association
RESUMO
Objectives. We investigated the risk of entering long-term institutional care after the death of a spouse in relation to the duration of widowhood among older Finnish men and women. We also examined whether high levels of education or household income buffered the effects of bereavement on institutionalization.
ACESSO AO ARTIGO
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