Shared Care Networks Assisting Older Adults: New Insights From the National Health and Aging Trends Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

Caregiving research often assumes older adults receiving care have a primary caregiver who provides the bulk of care. Consequently, little is known about the extent to which care responsibilities are shared more evenly within a care network, the characteristics associated with sharing, or the consequences for meeting older adults' care needs.

Research design and methods

We analyze a sample of U.S. older adults receiving care from the 2011 National Health and Aging Trends Study (n = 2,398). Based on variables reflecting differences in care hours, activities, and care provided by the whole network, we create network typologies for those with two or more caregivers (n = 1,309) using K-means cluster analysis. We estimate multinomial and logistic regress

SUBMITTER: Hu M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10268586 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature