Rural disparities in use of family and formal caregiving for older adults with disabilities.

ABSTRACT:

Background

As federal and state policies rebalance long-term care from institutional settings to home- and community-based settings, reliance on formal (paid) and family (unpaid) caregivers for support at home nationally has increased in recent years. Yet, it is unknown if use of formal and family care varies by rurality.

Methods

Using the Health and Retirement Study, we describe patterns in receipt of combinations of formal and family home care and self-reported expectation of nursing home use by rurality among community-dwelling adults aged 65+ with functional limitations from 2004 to 2016.

Results

Older adults residing in rural areas are more likely to receive any family care than those in urban areas. From 2004 to 2016, a higher proportion of older adults in rural

SUBMITTER: Miller KEM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10524125 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature