Determinants of trajectories of informal caregiving in later life: evidence from England.

ABSTRACT: Although the long-term consequences of informal care provision have been well investigated, few studies have examined the trajectories of informal care provision among older people and the socioeconomic, demographic, health, and family characteristics associated with them. We use data from four waves of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing, with 6561 respondents followed for 6 years (2012/3-2018/9). We used group-based trajectory modelling to group people's provision of care over time into a finite number of distinct trajectories of caregiving. Using multinomial logistic regressions, we then investigated the characteristics associated with these trajectories. Four distinct trajectories of caregiving were identified: "stable intensive", "increasing intensive", "decreasing", and "stable

SUBMITTER: Di Gessa G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11365911 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature