Patterns of Caregiving Among Older Adults With and Without Dementia: A Latent Class Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

We identify common patterns of caregiving or "care types" among older adults with and without dementia. Prior research has focused on primary caregivers and on the independent effects of individual caregiving attributes. We examine multiple caregivers of older adults, including the primary caregiver, and how multiple caregiving attributes co-occur to shape caregiving types.

Methods

We link 2015 care recipient (N = 1,423) and unpaid caregiver data (N = 2,146) from the National Health and Aging Trends Study and the National Study of Caregiving. Latent class analysis of caregiving attributes, representing care intensity and regularity, and various care activities, was used to construct care types. Multinomial logistic regression was used to examine if the recipients'

SUBMITTER: Ali T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9122635 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature