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Death of spouse likely to spur nursing home care

Contemporary Long-Term Care Weekly, June 5, 2008

New research indicates that if a person’s spouse passes away, the surviving spouse is more likely to enter a long-term care facility than those with a living spouse, according to Reuters.

 

The study analyzed how the death of a spouse affects the likelihood of needing institutionalized care. The research team followed nearly 141,000 adults in Finland, age 65 and older, living with a spouse. They were followed for five years, and results showed the risk of entering long-term care was higher in those who lost a spouse as compared to those still living with their spouse, reported Reuters.

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