[The places of death of people aged 80 and over in France]. / Les lieux de la fin de vie des personnes de 80 ans et plus en France.

While the places and causes of death are the subject of abundant literature, the circumstances surrounding the end of life, the ultimate phase of existence, remain largely not explored in France. The pathways through different living places taken by people aged 80 and over during the last month of existence and the factors associated with them are described thanks to the unique information and data collected by the "End of Life in France" survey.

What will the family composition of older persons be like tomorrow? A comparison of Canada and France.

Western societies are experiencing a dramatic growth in the population aged 75 and older. Changes in family composition raise questions about who will care for those who need assistance. We compared population projections to the year 2030 of those families aged 75 and older in Canada and France. Over the next 25 years, the pool of potential family carers, (i.e., spouses and children), will broaden from the effect of the baby boom and increased proportion of women with spouses. The populations most dependent on formal care, with no potential support from a child or a spouse, will increase more sharply in Canada (123%) than in France (34%) but at a slower rate than the total population. Policy and programs in both countries will need to prepare for a greater number of elderly spouses providing care and in Canada, at least, a significant increase in the number that will need to rely on formal services.

Future trends in health and marital status: effects on the structure of living arrangements of older Europeans in 2030.

This article presents the results of projections of older people's living arrangements in 2030 in nine European countries. It analyses expected changes due to future trends in health and marital status. Future changes in the marital status of the older people will result in a higher proportion living in their own homes: women in each age group will more often grow old living with their partner, and this will also apply, to a lesser extent, to men aged 85 and over. Both men and women will be less likely to live alone, with people other than a partner, or in institutions. But for men aged 74-84 the likelihood of choosing one or another type of living arrangement will remain remarkably stable in the future. Further, an improvement in health will lead to older people living alone slightly more often, and they will also more often do so in good health. A comparison of two health scenarios shows that changes in marital status have a major impact on overall trends in living arrangements whereas an improvement in health-which is not certain to occur-will affect them only marginally.