Discontinuity of social support among US adults with cognitive impairment before and after the confirmed diagnosis of dementia: a matched ambidirectional cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite increased attention on dementia, much remains unknown about the integration of clinical and non-clinical care, particularly regarding long-term social support, a primary source of non-clinical care. This study uniquely examines the effect of receiving a formal dementia diagnosis on the continuity of social support, an understudied transition point in dementia care pathways.

Methods

In this ambidirectional cohort study, we examined ten waves of data from the Health and Retirement Survey(HRS) for US adults over 50 through 2000-2018. Eligibility was limited to participants with cognitive impairment. The exposure group were people with a confirmed dementia diagnosis (N = 1261), and the control group were matched by age, sex, race/ethnicity, and survey wave, bu

SUBMITTER: Zhang H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12265323 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature