Browsing Journal of Health Monitoring by Subject "German Ageing Survey 2020/2021"

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2023-09-20Zeitschriftenartikel

Prevalence of living wills among older adults in Germany

Wurm, Susanne; Spuling, Svenja M.; Reinhard, Ann-Kristin; Ehrlich, Ulrike

Background: Living wills regulate medical decisions in emergency situations. Those who create a living will can have it registered voluntarily in the Central Register of Lasting Powers of Attorney. Little is known about ...
2023-09-20Zeitschriftenartikel

Prevalence of loneliness among older adults in Germany

Wurm, Susanne; Ehrlich, Ulrike; Meyer-Wyk, Frauke; Spuling, Svenja M.

Background: Loneliness refers to the subjective perception of a mismatch between a person’s social needs and their actual personal relationships. In this paper, the prevalence of loneliness in the older population was ...