Unaddressed functional difficulty and care support among White, Black, and Hispanic older adults in the last decade.

ABSTRACT: Unaddressed functional difficulties contribute to disparities in healthy aging. While the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is believed to have reshaped long-term care, little is known how it has collectively altered the prevalence of older adults with functional difficulties and their use of family and formal care. This study uses nationally representative data from the Health and Retirement Study (2008 - 2018) to describe racial-ethnic differences in prevalence of community-dwelling older adults who had difficulty with, but lacked assistance for self-care, mobility, and household activities before and after the ACA. Individuals with functional difficulties accounted for about a third of Black and Hispanic, compared to one-fifth of White people. Prevalence of Black and Hispanic people with functi

SUBMITTER: Li J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10809881 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature