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Decomposing the differences in healthy life expectancy between migrants and natives: the ‘healthy migrant effect’ and its age variations in Australia
Whether the ‘healthy migrant effect’ exhibits different patterns in mortality and morbidity and how such patterns change during the life course have not been adequately understood in the literature. Using the ...
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Open AccessExpected length of stay at residential aged care facilities in Australia: current and future
This study explores the changing patterns of the length of stay (LOS) at Australian residential aged care facilities during 2008–2018 and likely trends up to 2040. The expected LOS was estimated via the hazard...
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Utilization of Home-/Community-Based Care Services: The Current Experience and the Intention for Future Utilization in Urban China
The provision of home-/community-based care (HCBC) services for elderly people has become an increasingly popular form of aged care in many aging societies. To tackle the challenges of aged care caused by dram...
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Projections of Future Demand and Costs of Aged Care Services in China
The growing demand for aged care services has become a pressing challenge worldwide. However, the future changes in demand for aged care services and the corresponding socioeconomic consequences in rapidly agi...
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Open AccessThe effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on life expectancy in 27 countries
The expected year-on-year intrinsic mortality variations/changes are largely overlooked in the existing research when estimating the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on mortality patterns. To fill this gap, thi...
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Open AccessThe relationship between fall incidents and place of birth in residential aged care facilities: a retrospective longitudinal cohort study
Older populations in residential aged care facilities (RACFs) in many immigrant-receiving countries are now being increasingly culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD). CALD populations require tailored so...
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Loss of life expectancy due to respiratory infectious diseases: findings from the global burden of disease study in 195 countries and territories 1990–2017
Understanding of the patterns of and changes in mortality from respiratory infectious diseases (RID) and its contribution to loss of life expectancy (LE) is inadequate in the existing literature. With rapid so...
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The Role and Wellbeing of Female Family Caregivers in the Provision of Aged Care in China
There has been inadequate understanding in the literature of the role of family members in providing aged care in a population experiencing rapid ageing, and the subsequent effects on caregiving family members...
