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.

本数据集源自题为《极度衰弱老年人的福利与生活状况》（Welfare and level of living among the very frail elderly）的研究。
数据通过问卷与面对面访谈采集。本研究的研究对象为来自16个市政当局的70岁以上服务接受者。样本中的老年人分别居住在养老院、养老公寓、适配型住宅或自有住宅中。本研究旨在全面呈现该群体的生活状况与福利相关的采集信息。此外，本研究包含三项核心目标：
1. 描述高度依赖扶助的老年人的生活状况与福利水平。本研究将清晰阐释此类衰弱程度最高的服务使用者的群体特征、所获扶助与服务类型、现存需求及实际处境。
2. 探究接受服务的高度依赖扶助老年人的生理状况与生活状况、福利水平之间的关联。
3. 为接受服务的高度依赖扶助老年人筛选出具有实用价值的生活状况与福利水平评估指标。
在变量名称末尾标注“2”的条目，代表由老年人自行提供的信息；变量名称末尾无数字的条目，则代表由服务对象的责任护士/护理者提供的信息。
研究开发了两类问卷：一类面向服务对象的责任护士/护理者，另一类面向老年人本人。仅对能够签署知情同意的老年人开展访谈。受访人群占比情况如下：
- 养老院老年人：37.7%
- 养老公寓老年人：66.7%
- 适配型住宅老年人：66.0%
- 居家养老老年人：58.6%
研究针对分别居住在养老公寓、适配型住宅与居家的群体开发了略有差异的问卷版本，总计共2×3套问卷。多数问题内容一致，但部分问题仅针对特定居住场景的群体设置，例如仅面向养老公寓居住者的问题。
本项目负责人为挪威社会研究所（Norwegian Social Research, NOVA）的布里特·斯拉斯沃尔德（Britt Slagsvold）研究员，项目协作者玛丽特·劳夫利（Marit Lauvli）直至1998年秋季仍参与项目工作。本研究由挪威研究理事会（Research Council of Norway）依托社会事务与健康部的拨款资助完成。