Only a quarter of respondents indicated that they did regular health monitoring at home. There was little difference in the pattern of responses to this question by sex, age band or Status”. “Marital Q22b If yes, do you feel confident doing this? – Those answering to Q22a were then invited to state a of confidence” in “Yes” “level which they applied their health monitoring, with the options or “Very”, “Fairly” “Not very”. The majority of responders (57%) said they were confident, although “Very” this declined with age as this peaked at 68% amongst 70-79 year-olds and was only 32% amongst those aged 90 or over. Confidence amongst those widowed was lowest also (only 48% said they were confident”). Men (67%) were more likely “Very to answer confident” than women (54%). “Very Q23 - How would you feel about doing more monitoring of your health at home? People were given three options for this answer: would rather do this”, would be “I “I happy to do this for some things” and would not like to do this”. Perhaps not “I surprisingly, just over half (51%) of people responded that they be happy to “would do this for some things”. A further 37% said that they not like to do this” “would suggesting that they are happy to leave this to qualified professionals. Resistance to health monitoring was highest amongst widowed people (50%) and those aged 90 or over (64%). There was virtually no difference between the sexes in their responses. A free text box was also provided for people to explain their answer, and a wide range of answers were given that proved difficult to analyse quantitatively. Q24 Do you feel that health professionals allow you to take control of your – own health? Over three-quarters (78%) of respondents felt that health professionals allow them to control their own health, with little variation between the age groups. Single people felt this happened less (68% said to this question), and women (80% “Yes” said felt this happened more than men (74%). “Yes”) Independence Q25 Could you benefit from technology in the home that could support you – as a carer?
Only a quarter of respondents indicated that they did regular health monitoring at home. There was little difference in the pattern of responses to this question by sex, age band or “Marital Status”. Q22b – If yes, do you feel confident doing this? Those answering “Yes” to Q22a were then invited to state a “level of confidence” in which they applied their health monitoring, with the options “Very”, “Fairly” or “Not very”. The majority of responders (57%) said they were “Very” confident, although this declined with age as this peaked at 68% amongst 70-79 year-olds and was only 32% amongst those aged 90 or over. Confidence amongst those widowed was lowest also (only 48% said they were “Very confident”). Men (67%) were more likely to answer “Very confident” than women (54%). Q23 - How would you feel about doing more monitoring of your health at home? People were given three options for this answer: “I would rather do this”, “I would be happy to do this for some things” and “I would not like to do this”. Perhaps not surprisingly, just over half (51%) of people responded that they “would be happy to do this for some things”. A further 37% said that they “would not like to do this” suggesting that they are happy to leave this to qualified professionals. Resistance to health monitoring was highest amongst widowed people (50%) and those aged 90 or over (64%). There was virtually no difference between the sexes in their responses. A free text box was also provided for people to explain their answer, and a wide range of answers were given that proved difficult to analyse quantitatively. Q24 – Do you feel that health professionals allow you to take control of your own health? Over three-quarters (78%) of respondents felt that health professionals allow them to control their own health, with little variation between the age groups. Single people felt this happened less (68% said “Yes” to this question), and women (80% said “Yes”) felt this happened more than men (74%). Independence Q25 – Could you benefit from technology in the home that could support you as a carer?
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