Just four in ten Brits would move an elderly relative into a residential care home As Britain’s elderly population continues to expand, new research from Mintel finds just 40% of Brits would be willing to move a family member or themselves into a residential care home, should the need arise for long-term care due to illness, disability or old age. Today, just a fifth (20%) of Brits believe that the quality of care received in a residential care home would be better than in their own home, a figure that drops to 16% of women. While Men (40%) are only slightly more likely than women (39%) to say they would be willing to move a member of their family into a residential home, they are considerably less likely to feel guilty about the move. Indeed, just over half (51%) of men say they would feel guilty about a possible move compared to as many as two-thirds of women (65%). And in terms of their own future care, around four in ten Brits (39% of men and 38% of women) would be willing to move into a care home themselves in the future, but almost a quarter of men (25%) have completely ruled out a move to a residential care home themselves compared to just 3% of women. easier/128589-just-four-in-ten-brits-would-move-an-elderly-relative-into-a-residential-care-home.html
Posted on: Mon, 19 Jan 2015 10:19:31 +0000
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