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The Comprehensive Survey of Living Conditions conducted by Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has announced households with elderly people aged 65 years old and over increased to 44.7 % of all households in 2013. Furthermore, the population of elderly people living alone increased to 17.7 % of the all households in 2013. According to preceding studies and surveys, in the case of elderly people living alone, illness and loneliness lead to stress and other illnesses, and these people experience various difficulties in their everyday life. Although some local governments support elderly living alone, it is important to understand the psychological characteristics of the elderly is important. In this paper, we analyze the results of a survey of elderly people using a questionnaire based on L. Tornstam’s theory of Gerotranscendence. In this analysis, we analyze the questionnaire using quantification theory type II. An elderly living alone is focused on, and we compare “elderly living alone” with “elderly living with a spouse” in order to find utilizing ways to support elderly people.
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Kawaura, T., Sugatani, Y. (2016). A Study of Older People’s Socializing Form with Others: Comparative Analysis of “Living Alone” and “Living with a Spouse” Using Quantification Theory Type II. In: Chen, YW., Torro, C., Tanaka, S., Howlett, R., C. Jain, L. (eds) Innovation in Medicine and Healthcare 2015. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, vol 45. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-23024-5_11
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