The Natural History of Disability and Caregiving Before and After Long-Term Care Entry.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Many older persons move into long-term care facilities (LTCFs) due to disability and insufficient home caregiving options. However, the extent of disability and caregiving provided around the time of entry is unknown.

Objective

To quantitatively describe disability and caregiving before and after LTCF entry, comparing nursing home (NH), assisted living (AL), and independent living (IL) entrants.

Design, setting, and participants

A longitudinal cohort study using prospectively collected annual data from the National Health and Aging Trends Study from 2011 to 2020 including participants in the continental US. Overall, 932 community-dwelling Medicare beneficiaries entering LTCF from 2011 to 2019 were included. Entry into LTCF was set as t = 0, and participant

SUBMITTER: Lam K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10628843 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature