{"slug": "elderly-needs-assessment-report-errita-corrige", "title": "Needs Assessment of the Elderly in Malta", "pdfUrl": "https://dhir.gov.mt/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/elderly_needs_assessment_report__errita_corrige.pdf", "sourcePage": "https://dhir.gov.mt/en/surveys/needs-assessment-of-the-elderly-survey-2012/", "group": "Survey", "topic": "Needs Assessment Of The Elderly Survey 2012", "tables": [{"caption": "Table 1: Size of household by gender", "header": ["Size of household (persons)", "Male (%)", "Female (%)"], "rows": [["1", "15.5", "36.5"], ["2", "62.0", "44.3"], ["3+", "22.5", "19.2"]]}, {"caption": "Table 2: Size of household by age", "header": ["Size of household (persons)", "75-84 years (%)", "85 years and over (%)"], "rows": [["1", "26.3", "32.6"], ["2", "53.7", "43.8"], ["3+", "20.0", "23.6"]]}, {"caption": "Table 3: Needs Assessment of the Elderly in Malta", "header": ["Service", "Percentage"], "rows": [["Meals on wheels", "2.0"], ["Home help and handyman service", "14.4"], ["Transport", "6.5"], ["Others", "25.8"]]}, {"caption": "Table 4: Needs Assessment of the Elderly in Malta", "header": ["Service", "Males (%)", "Females (%)", "75-84 years(%)", "85 years andover (%)"], "rows": [["Meals on wheels", "2.3", "1.8", "1.6", "3.8"], ["Home help and handymanservice", "11.2", "16.8", "13.5", "18.2"], ["Transport", "5.8", "7.1", "6.0", "8.8"], ["Others", "18.1", "31.6", "23.2", "37.0"]]}, {"caption": "Table 5: Needs Assessment of the Elderly in Malta", "header": ["Service", "Degree of Impairment (%)", "", ""], "rows": [["Service", "No or very littleimpairment", "Moderateimpairment", "Severe functionalimpairment"], ["Meals on wheels", "1.7", "3.6", "5.1"], ["Home help and handymanservice", "13.9", "19.0", "14.8"], ["Transport", "5.4", "11.9", "16.4"], ["Others", "24.5", "36.9", "33.1"], ["Waiting list for nursinghome", "3.7", "11.1", "13.2"]]}, {"caption": "Table 6: Needs Assessment of the Elderly in Malta", "header": ["Service", "Degree of Impairment (%)", "", ""], "rows": [["Service", "No or very littleimpairment", "Moderateimpairment", "Severe functionalimpairment"], ["Meals on wheels", "2.9", "7.0", "5.4"], ["Home help and handymanservice", "21.3", "28.2", "16.1"], ["Transport", "6.6", "14.1", "19.6"], ["Others", "43.3", "64.8", "41.1"], ["Waiting list for nursinghome", "6.7", "20.0", "16.7"]]}, {"caption": "Table 7: Percentage of elderly participants who are socially isolated", "header": ["", "Socially isolated(%)", "Marginal familyties (%)", "Marginalfriendship ties (%)"], "rows": [["Males", "37.7", "16.1", "58.0"], ["Females", "42.2", "17.2", "66.1"], ["75-84 years", "39.8", "16.4", "61.9"], ["85 years and over", "43.3", "18.7", "67.1"]]}]}