2 Women rely more heavily on nursing facilities than men. National projections suggest that women who turned 65 in 1990 will be occupying nursing homes in greater numbers and for longer periods of time. This has implication for public expenditures for long-term care under the Medicaid program. The vast majority of those in nursing facilities cannot perform the basic activities of daily living such as bathing and dressing, and they average between four and five activity impairments. Many of these women have other jobs outside the home.
Few people have private insurance to cover the costs of long term care.
Ohio Department of Aging. National Center for Health Statistics. Health, United States , 1995. Jacob s Institute of Women s Health. The Women s Health Data Book, Second Edition.