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Increasing life expectancy and population ageing leads to a rising number of elderly people in need of care. Improvements in health may counterbalance this trend to some extent but cannot fully compensate it. In this proceedings, Gabriele Doblhammer and Rembrandt Scholz present combined expertise in the field of health, care need and care resources. Various care need projections based on diverse projection methods give a detailed overview on probable future developments of the number of people in need of care, mainly for Germany. A special emphasis is put on the future number of people with dementia in Germany. Next to that the authors explore past trends in health and care need in relation to increases in life expectancy and discuss the effects of sex, smoking, obesity, and other determinants that influence health and care need in older ages. The trends in health and care need are additionally viewed in relation to trends in the number of care need providers and their quality of life. This book is a valuable reference for academics in the social sciences, especially those with a focus on health care and demography and for practitioners in the field of health care.

Caregivers -- Services for -- Germany -- Congresses. --- Older people -- Care -- Germany -- Congresses. --- Older people -- Services for -- Germany -- Congresses. --- Population aging -- European Union countries -- Congresses. --- Quality of life -- Germany -- Congresses. --- Older people --- Caregivers --- Home care services --- Age distribution (Demography) --- Life --- Nursing Services --- Social Sciences --- Adult --- Community Health Services --- Education --- Persons --- Health Personnel --- Health Services Research --- Health Services --- Delivery of Health Care --- Needs Assessment --- Aged --- Home Care Services --- Quality of Life --- Health Services for the Aged --- Occupational Groups --- Named Groups --- Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation --- Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services --- Age Groups --- Philosophy --- Health Planning --- Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena --- Humanities --- Health Care --- Health Care Economics and Organizations --- Social Welfare & Social Work --- Sociology & Social History --- Social Change --- Social Welfare & Social Work - General --- Care --- Health and hygiene --- Old age. --- Caregivers. --- Aging. --- Age --- Ageing --- Senescence --- Care givers --- Carers --- Family caregivers --- Home health caregivers --- Informal caregivers --- Later life (Human life cycle) --- Physiological effect --- Social sciences. --- Sociology. --- Social groups. --- Family. --- Youth. --- Social Sciences. --- Sociology of Familiy, Youth and Aging. --- Sociology, general. --- Adulthood --- Longevity --- Developmental biology --- Gerontology --- Age factors in disease --- Volunteers --- Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging. --- Social theory --- Social sciences --- Family --- Families --- Family life --- Family relationships --- Family structure --- Relationships, Family --- Structure, Family --- Social institutions --- Birth order --- Domestic relations --- Home --- Households --- Kinship --- Marriage --- Matriarchy --- Parenthood --- Patriarchy --- Association --- Group dynamics --- Groups, Social --- Associations, institutions, etc. --- Social participation --- Social aspects --- Social conditions