Intensity of care and the health status of caregivers to elderly rural South Africans.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Informal caregivers play an indispensable role in and are often the sole source of care for older adults in low and middle-income settings worldwide. Intensive informal care predicts mortality and morbidity among caregivers in higher-income settings. However, there is limited evidence from poorer settings, including Africa countries, where caregiving is shared widely, including across generations. We therefore investigated caregivers' health status in rural South Africa.

Methods

We conducted quantitative interviews with all household members and all non-household caregivers aged ≥12 (n=1012) of 106 older adults in rural Mpumalanga, South Africa. We used multivariable regression with care-recipient random intercepts to assess the relationships between four caregivi

SUBMITTER: Matina SS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11527041 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature