A Changing Profile of Family Caregivers to Older Adults With Disability
Year: 2017
Type: conference-abstract
Abstract: Little is known about changes in late-life family caregiving. This study describes community-dwelling older adults and primary family caregivers at three points in time, drawing from the 1999 and 2004 National Long Term Care Survey and the 2011 National Health and Aging Trends Study with linked caregiver surveys. Older adults were more racially diverse, better educated, and less physically impaired in 2011 than in 2004 and 1999. At all three points in time, about 85% of caregivers were spouses or adult children and ¾ lived with the older adult that they assisted. Men were incrementally more likely to serve as a caregiver. Average hours of assistance provided per week exceeded 30 hours at all 3 points in time. Caregiving arrangements were incrementally more likely to be of longer duration and there were modest increases use of respite care. A similar percentage of caregivers reported significant emotional, physical, or financial difficulty.
Source: Innovation in Aging
Authors: J.L. Wolff, J. Mulcahy, J.D. Kasper
Institution: Johns Hopkins University
Language: English
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $3,977
OpenAlex ID: W2724581002