Expectations about future use of long-term services and supports vary by current living arrangement.

ABSTRACT: Most Americans know little about options for long-term services and supports and underestimate their likely future needs for such assistance. Using data from the 2012 National Health Interview Survey, we examined expectations about future use of long-term services and supports among adults ages 40-65 and how these expectations varied by current living arrangement. We found differences by living arrangement in expectations about both future need for long-term services and supports and who would provide such care if needed. Respondents living with minor children were the least likely to expect to need long-term services and supports and to require paid care if the need arose. In contrast, respondents living alone were the most likely to expect that it was "very likely" that they would need l

SUBMITTER: Henning-Smith CE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4285622 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature