Welfare and level of living among the very frail elderly, 2000

This dataset is from the study "Welfare and level of living among the very frail elderly".

The data are collected through questionnaires and face-to-face interviews. The study deals with service receivers over 70 years of age from 16 municipalities. The elderly people in the sample live either in nursing homes, retirement homes, houses which are adapted or in their own homes. The aim of the study is to give a comprehensive account of the information gathered about this group's living conditions and welfare. Furthermore the study has three main goals:

1. To describe living conditions and welfare among elderly people who are very depedent on being helped. The study gives a simple description of who the most frail service users are, what kind of help and services they receive and what needs they have and how they are.
2. To study the connections between boform and living conditions/welfare among very help-dependent elderly people receiving services.
3. To find relevant and useful indicators of living conditions and welfare for very help-dependent elderly people receiving services.

In the file information provided by the elderly people themselves is indicated with "2" in the end of the variable name. Variables with names without a number in the end contain information provided by each user's primary nurse/care giver.

Two types of questionnaires were developed. One to each user's primary nurse/care giver. One to the elderly person him/her-self.
Only the elderly who were able to give their consent were interviewed. Those interviewed:
- in nursing homes 37,7 %
- in retirement homes 66,7%
- in adapted houses/housing 66,0%
- among elderly living at home 58,6%

Somewhat different versions of the questionnaires were developed for those living in retirement homes, adapted houses and at home respectively - all in all 2x3 questionnaires. Most of the questions were identical, but some questions are only posed to those living in retirement homes, for instance.

Researcher Britt Slagsvold at Norwegian Social Research (NOVA) was the leader of the project and Marit Lauvli project co-worker until autumn 1998. The study was financed by the Research Council of Norway with funds from the Mininstry of Social Affairs and Health.

本数据集源自研究《极度虚弱老年人的福利与生活水平》。
数据通过问卷调研与面对面访谈收集。该研究的对象为来自16个市镇的70岁以上服务接收者，样本中的老年人分别居住在养老院、养老社区、适配型住房或自有住宅中。本研究旨在全面呈现该群体的生活状况与福利相关调研信息，同时设定三项核心目标：
1. 描述高度依赖照护的老年人的生活状况与福利水平，清晰刻画此类极度虚弱的服务使用者的群体特征、所获帮助与服务类型、现存需求及自身状态。
2. 探究接受服务的极度依赖照护老年人的个体背景与生活状况、福利水平之间的关联。
3. 为接受服务的极度依赖照护老年人筛选兼具相关性与实用性的生活状况与福利水平评估指标。

变量名称末尾带有“2”的字段，代表信息由老年人自行提供；变量名称末尾无数字的字段，则包含由服务对象的责任护士/照护者提供的调研信息。

研究团队开发了两类问卷：一类面向服务对象的责任护士/照护者，另一类面向老年人本人。仅具备知情同意能力的老年人方可参与访谈。受访人群占比情况如下：
- 养老院老年人：37.7%
- 养老社区老年人：66.7%
- 适配型住房住户：66.0%
- 居家居住老年人：58.6%

研究针对分别居住在养老社区、适配型住房及居家的人群开发了略有差异的问卷版本，总计2类×3种问卷。多数调研题目保持一致，但部分题目仅面向特定居住场景的老年人，例如仅向养老社区居民发放的题目。

本项目负责人为挪威社会研究中心（Norwegian Social Research, NOVA）的布里特·斯拉茨沃尔德（Britt Slagsvold）研究员，项目协作者玛丽特·劳夫利（Marit Lauvli）直至1998年秋季。本研究由挪威研究理事会依托社会事务与健康部的专项拨款资助完成。