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Describing transitions in residential status over 10 years in the very old: results from the Newcastle 85+ Study

Lookup NU author(s): Dr Laurie Davies, Professor Katie Brittain, Dr Sue Lewis, Professor Dame Louise Robinson, Dr Andrew KingstonORCiD

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© The Author(s) 2022. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the British Geriatrics Society. All rights reserved. For permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oup.com. BACKGROUND: the very old (aged ≥ 85) are the fastest growing subpopulation of many developed countries but little is known about how their place of residence changes over time. We investigated transitions in residential status in an inception cohort of 85-year-olds over 10 years. METHODS: data were drawn from the Newcastle 85+ Study, a population-based longitudinal study of individuals aged 85 in 2006 (i.e. born in 1921) and permanently registered with a Newcastle or North Tyneside general practice (n = 849). RESULTS: 76.3% lived in standard (non-supported) housing at baseline (age = 85) and few moved into a care home. The majority either remained in standard housing or died over the study period. A significant number who lived in standard housing had dependency and frailty at baseline. DISCUSSION: given the undersupply of care homes, and preference of older people to remain in their own homes as they age, the questions posed by this analysis are how to survive to 85 and remain in standard housing until the age of 85? And how, and by whom, are such a group being supported to remain at home? We need qualitative research to explore the informal-formal care networks of the very old.


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Author(s): Davies LE, Brittain K, Wilkinson H, Lewis S, Robinson L, Kingston A

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: Age and Ageing

Year: 2022

Volume: 51

Issue: 3

Pages: 1-5

Online publication date: 28/03/2022

Acceptance date: 02/04/2018

Date deposited: 19/04/2022

ISSN (print): 0002-0729

ISSN (electronic): 1468-2834

Publisher: Oxford University Press

URL: https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afac056

DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afac056

PubMed id: 35348585


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BBSRC
British Heart Foundation
Dunhill Medical Trust
MRC
Newcastle University
National Institute for Health Research School for Primary Care
NF-SI-0616019954
NHS North of Tyne (Newcastle Primary Care Trust)
Unilever Corporate Research

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