Health and Care of Elderly Migrants

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Health and Care of Elderly Migrants

• Welat Songur
  
  
  
• National Board of Health and Welfare,
• Social Services Dept. Elder Care Unit
• SE 106 30 Stockholm
• Sweden
• Phone [phone]
• E-mail welat.songur_at_socialstyrelsen.se

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Percentage share of foreign-born population 1998
and 2008 in different age groups

• Age group 55-64 65-74 75-84 85-94 95
• 13 11.3 6.5 4.6 5.1
• 2008 13 13.3 10.7 6.4 6

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Self-rated health among persons 55-84 years of
age according to birthplace.

• Self-rated health Sweden Foreign-born
• Good 58 47
• No Good 9 18
• Poor mental health 12 20
• Feel insecure 27 35
• Lack of applied support 6 11
• Lack of emotional suppor 11 14
• Have idle spare time 15 24

4
Elderly aged 65 and older who had different
services for the elderly regarding four different
birth regions. 2007 in per cent

• Elsewhere in
  
  
  Sweden Scandinavia Other
  Europe Other world
• Services
• for elderly
• Home-help 9.6
  7.7 7.0 9.0
• services
• Special 5.9 4.7 3.4
  2.8
• (forms of)
  
  
  
• housing
• Short-term 0.6 0.5
  0.4 0.2
• housing
• Daytime 0.6 0.5
  0.4 0.3
• activities
• Allowance 0.3 0.3
  1.0 2.3
• to relatives

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Conclusion

• They are in poorer health
• Less access to the services for the elderly
• Ethnic, culture, language
• Education and socioeconomic position
• Moved to Sweden for different reasons and at
  different times
• Do they wish to return to their homelands?