Family Care Partners and Paid Caregivers: National Estimates of Role-Sharing in Home Care.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

We describe "role-sharing" in home care, defined as family care partners and paid caregivers assisting with the same task(s).

Research design and methods

We studied 440 participants in the 2015 National Health and Aging Trends Study receiving paid help with self-care, mobility, or medical care. We describe patterns in receiving paid help only, help from care partners only, and role-sharing. We examine whether sole reliance on paid help or role-sharing differs by Medicaid-enrollment and dementia status.

Results

Half (52.9%) of care networks involved role-sharing. Care networks involving role-sharing more often occurred among older adults with dementia (48.7% vs 25.6%, p < .001) and less often for those who were Medicaid-enrolled (32.1% vs 49.4

SUBMITTER: Fabius CD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11772859 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature