Mental health and self-rated health of older carers during the COVID-19 pandemic: evidence from England.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Older carers play a vital role supporting population health and protecting health and social care systems, yet there has been little research on understanding the effect of the pandemic on this group. In this paper, we investigate caring as a factor contributing to mental and self-rated health.

Methods

We investigate cross-sectional and longitudinal associations between provision of family care and mental health and wellbeing using longitudinal data from 5,149 members of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing who responded to Wave 9 (2018/2019) and two COVID-19 sub-studies (June/July 2020; November/December 2020). We use logistic or linear regression models depending on outcome measures, controlling for pre-pandemic socioeconomic, demographic, and health-related

SUBMITTER: Price D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10803633 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan-Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature