Incidence of increase of health-related status of long-term care among community-dwelling older men and women

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to clarify the risk factors for the incidence of long-term care insurance among community-dwelling older adults by gender. The subjects were 5,900 community-dwelling older adults. The health-related status (motor function, oral function, nutrition, social participation and support, depression, cognitive function, health care, and self-rated health) in 2017 and the occurrence of new long-term care insurance for 2 years were combined, and the factor as risk of new long-term care insurance was analyzed. Among the men, low physical function and poor self-rated health were risk factors. Among the women, in addition to low physical function and poor self-rated health, low cognitive function was a risk factor to the new long-term care insurance. In order to prevent long-term care, it may be necessary to construct a program which considers gender differences.