Older People in Offenburg

Social network, familiarity and use of
existing institutions of the public aid to the old,
familiarity of the seniors office and
readiness for honorary involvement in this facility.
Topics:
evaluation of offerings for older people in Offenburg and
naming missing offerings;
friends or relatives to whom it would be easy to establish contact;
knowledge of facilities in which older people can get together,
missing facilities;
visit to facilities during the past 12 months and
future planned visit to such a facilities as well as
reasons against future use;
knowledge of offerings for seniors in the areas of education and culture,
missing offerings, participation during the past 12 months and
future planned participation in such an offering as well as
reasons against future use;
knowledge of offerings for seniors in the areas of sport, gymnastics and dance,
missing offerings;
participation in such an offering during the past 12 months and
future planned participation in such an offering as well as
reasons against future use;
knowledge of travel, vacation and relaxation offerings for seniors,
missing offerings;
participation in such offerings during the past 12 months and
future planned participation in such offerings as well as
reasons against future use;
place to obtain information or advice from the aid for old;
place to obtain help with possible need for advice;
knowledge and use of or missing the following aid offerings in Offenburg:
emergency home telephone number, Meals on Wheels,
ambulant nursing care services, facilities to help with housekeeping,
facilities of daytime and short time nursing care;
honorary activity;
familiarity of the seniors office and its offerings as well as
visit to the seniors office and reasons for this;
willingness to participate in the seniors office, number of hours,
expected compensation as well as reasons for and against participation;
familiarity of the seniors advisory council of the city of Offenburg and
the district seniors council;
satisfaction with housing;
living in a group sharing a residence with older people or readiness for this;
living in a group sharing a residence with younger people or readiness for this.
Demography:
number of persons in household and relation;
year of birth;
employment;
retirement;
occupation last exercised;
search for work;
school degree;
personally particularly missed offerings or facilities in the area of
aid for the old or seniors work;
sex;
marital status.
Also encoded was:
length of interview,
part of town.