Does home care for dependent elderly people improve their mental health ?

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GENERAL INTRODUCTION
1. Demographic and epidemiological issues
1.1. Population aging
1.2. Old-age dependency is hard to define
1.3. …and hard to predict
2. The support for dependent elderly people in Europe
3. Research questions
4. Research outline / summary
CHAPTER 1 – DOES HOME CARE FOR DEPENDENT ELDERLY PEOPLE IMPROVE THEIR MENTAL HEALTH?
1. Introduction
2. Background
3. Method
3.1. Data
3.2. Variables of interest
3.3. Econometric model
3.4. Instruments
4. Results
4.1. Descriptive statistics
4.2. Estimation results
4.3. Additional tests
5. Discussion
Appendix A. Additional information on IV and OLS models
Appendix B. Simultaneous equations models.
ERRATUM to Chapter 1. Clustering at the departmental level
CHAPTER 2 – FORMAL HOME CARE, INFORMAL SUPPORT AND CAREGIVER HEALTH: SHOULD OTHER PEOPLE CARE?
1. Introduction
2. Background
3. Method
3.1. Data
3.2. Variables of interest
3.3. Econometric model
3.4. Instruments
4. Results
4.1. Descriptive statistics
4.2. Estimation results
4.3. Additional tests
5. Discussion
Appendix C. Description of the sample selection
Appendix D. Effect of formal support on caregivers’ health
Appendix E. Effects of control variables
CHAPTER 3 – FINANCING LONG-TERM CARE THROUGH HOUSING IN EUROPE
1. Introduction
2. Aging and housing
2.1. Downsizing
2.2. Home reversions
2.3. Reverse mortgages
2.4. Housing and LTC financing
3. Data
3.1. Disability status
3.2. Income and assets
4. Methodology
4.1. Transition model
4.2. Microsimulation
4.3. LTC cost
4.4. Simulation of reverse mortgages
4.5. Ability to pay for LTC needs
5. Results
5.1. Long-term care risk
5.2. Ability to pay for LTC
5.3. Sensitivity tests
5.4. Reverse mortgage on a fraction of the home
5.5. The role of informal care and public LTC coverage
6. Discussion
6.1. Summary of the results
6.3. Limitations of this study
Appendix F. Additional details on the methodology
Appendix G. LTC risk and duration in the literature
Appendix H. Characteristics of dependent individuals who have no partner.
Appendix I. LTC duration that dependent individuals are able to finance at the country level
Appendix J. Ability to pay for long-term care needs by income quintile
Appendix K. The role of public LTC coverage
GENERAL CONCLUSION
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