Title: Subjective Well-Being After the Onset of the Need for Personal Assistance and Care
Abstract: This paper analyses limitations in the quality of life of people in need of assistance or care. The focus of the analysis is the changes in satisfaction with life in general, health and household income before and after the onset of the need for assistance. There is a high risk of experiencing episodes of dependency on others in very old age. Those affected are mostly restricted in their mobility and, depending on the degree of their need for assistance, show low satisfaction levels. No evidence is found that people adapt to this unfavourable situation over time: neither life satisfaction nor health satisfaction returns to the former level. Health satisfaction begins to be affected at lower degrees of dependency than life satisfaction. On the other hand, the evaluation of the economic domain – indicated by satisfaction with household income – is not greatly affected by the need for personal assistance and care. The analysis is based on 27 waves of the German Socio Economic Panel Study.
Publication Year: 2015
Publication Date: 2015-01-01
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
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