Quality in the care of the elderly

Summary

Weaknesses: This survey covers only three municipalities and is not representative regarding civil status and age. It does include interviews with different actors: Interviews recipients of home care or residents at assisted living facilities, (2) personal care workers, and (3) inspectors of dispensaries.

Type of data

Data Source
Survey

Type of Study
Crosssection occasional
Other: Interviews recipients of home care or residents at assisted living facilities, (2) personal care workers, (3) inspectors of dispensaries.

Data gathering method
Face-to-face
Other: Face-to-face interviews and information from three different municipalities

Access to data

Conditions of access

Type of available data (e.g. anonymised microdata, aggregated tables, etc.)
Anonymised microdata

Formats available
SAS, SPSS, tab-delimited file

Coverage

Coverage Years of collection, reference years, and sample sizes
Data collected in 2000.

First year of collection
2000

Stratification if applicable
N.A.

Base used for sampling

Geographical coverage and breakdowns
Three different municipalities (Susaa, Gladsaxe, Hjoerring)

Age range
70 and above

Statistical representativeness
Not representative

Coverage of main and cross-cutting topics
(1) The survey covers abilities to keep home and personal care, asks questions about who helps the respondent, living conditions, what the respondent finds important in care of the elderly and opinion about the employees. (2) It also looks at work assignments within the last week, opinion about what care of the elderly should include and how it should be organized. (3) Finally, it includes opinions about what skills the personal care workers should have.

Linkage

Standardisation
N.A.

Possibility of linkage among databases
No

Data quality

Entry errors if applicable
N.A.

Breaks
N.A.

Consistency of terminology or coding used during collection
N.A.

Governance

Contact information
Danish Data Archive (DDA)
Danish Data Archive (DDA)
Islandsgade 10
5000 Odense Denmark Phone: (+45)66113010
Email: mailbox(at)dda.dk
Url: http://samfund.dda.dk/ddakatalog//sdfiler/R06602.htm

Timeliness, transparency
N.A.