... and long term inpatient care.A nation-wide interview study data of non-institutionalised elderly population isused to examine the role of age, gender, dependency and social environment.Using ... the dependency of the elderly population is expected to diminish, pushing the starting-age of domicile and institutional service use upwards. Second, increasing the quality of care increases resources ... into the study. Of those cooking, laundry, cleaningand transactions outside home are classified as instrumental ADLs (IADL) andeating, washing, dressing and undressing, getting in and out of...