Social inequalities in the use of formal and informal home care in older women: evidence from a large UK cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

At a time when access to publicly funded social care is constrained relative to need, older people with care needs with the least resources may disproportionately rely on informal care.

Methods

In 2020-21, 66,604 participants from the UK Million Women Study were invited to complete an online survey, which included questions on pre-pandemic receipt of home care. Responses were combined with data collected at recruitment in 1998, a 2010 re-survey, and hospital admissions in 2017-19. We used multivariable logistic regression to assess the association between education level and area deprivation quintile with formal or informal care use, with adjustment for pre-disposing characteristics (age), enabling resources (household composition and size) and care need (includin

SUBMITTER: Quinn M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12490715 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature