Kinlessness and end-of-life care quality: does race and ethnicity matter?

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Close family members provide the majority of end-of-life (EoL) caregiving. However, the number of kinless older adults (defined as lacking children and a partner) is increasing. Moreover, non-White older adults are more likely to rely on close families to provide care at the EoL than their White counterparts. Therefore, we examined the association between kinlessness and the quality of EoL care among older adults and the intersectional effect of kinlessness and race/ethnicity on EoL quality.

Methods

Data were derived from the combined Rounds 2-11 of the National Health and Aging Trends Study. The working sample included 3,045 older adults who were over 65 and living in the community or residential care facilities at the last interview. We used ordered logistic reg

SUBMITTER: Pei Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12551606 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature