Unmet care needs over time: social networks and persistent unmet needs
Unmet care needs over time: social networks and persistent unmet needs
Meeting older adults’ social care needs is essential to older persons’ capabilities for coping with daily challenges. This chapter uses data from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing between 2016 and 2019 to examine the relationships between older persons’ social network types and the dynamics of unmet social care needs in terms of personal, practical and emotional needs. The findings show a relatively high level of persistent unmet personal needs over time, particularly among persons with poor health and living alone. Diverse social networks appear to be the most effective in terms of meeting different types of social care needs. Policies should focus on promoting greater resilience among older persons through strong social networks which can cope with emergent care needs.
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Vlachantoni, Athina
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Vlachantoni, Athina
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Evandrou, Maria
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Vlachantoni, Athina, Evandrou, Maria, Falkingham, Jane and Qin, Min
(2025)
Unmet care needs over time: social networks and persistent unmet needs.
In,
Kröger, Teppo, Brimblecombe, Nicola, Rodrigues, Ricardo and Rummery, Kirstein
(eds.)
Care Poverty and Unmet Needs: Inequalities in Theory and Practice.
(Transforming Care)
Bristol University Press, .
(doi:10.51952/9781447370109.ch006).
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Meeting older adults’ social care needs is essential to older persons’ capabilities for coping with daily challenges. This chapter uses data from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing between 2016 and 2019 to examine the relationships between older persons’ social network types and the dynamics of unmet social care needs in terms of personal, practical and emotional needs. The findings show a relatively high level of persistent unmet personal needs over time, particularly among persons with poor health and living alone. Diverse social networks appear to be the most effective in terms of meeting different types of social care needs. Policies should focus on promoting greater resilience among older persons through strong social networks which can cope with emergent care needs.
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