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Ageing in place or stuck in place: Preferred care setting for community-dwelling older persons in a low-resource country in Sub Saharan Africa

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  • Eniola Olubukola Cadmus
  • Lawrence Adekunle Adebusoye
  • Eme Theodora Owoaje

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Background: Ageing in Place is the emerging social policy drive for long-term care coordination of older persons globally. This decision may be the only viable option in many low- and middle-income countries like Nigeria. Nevertheless, the risk of older persons being ‘stuck in place’ is high if their preferences are not considered or other alternatives are neither acceptable nor available. This study determined factors associated with the preferred care setting among community-dwelling older persons and explored their views about their choices. Methods: The study utilised a mixed-methods approach. Participants were older persons (≥ 60 years) in a selected rural and urban community in Oyo State, south-western Nigeria. Quantitative data were collected using an interviewer-administered, semi-structured questionnaire and analysed using Stata version 14 at p

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  • Eniola Olubukola Cadmus & Lawrence Adekunle Adebusoye & Eme Theodora Owoaje, 2023. "Ageing in place or stuck in place: Preferred care setting for community-dwelling older persons in a low-resource country in Sub Saharan Africa," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 18(10), pages 1-21, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0292939
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0292939
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