Caring Together: Trajectories of Paid and Family Caregiving Support to Those Living in the Community With Dementia.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Paid caregivers (e.g., home health aides) often work with family caregivers to support persons living with dementia at home. We identify (a) unique trajectories of paid and family caregiving support among persons living with dementia with high care needs and (b) factors associated with these trajectories.

Methods

We used group-based multiple trajectory modeling to identify distinct trajectories of paid and family caregiving hours among National Health and Aging Trends Study respondents with dementia who died or moved to a nursing home (n = 334, mean follow-up 5.5 years). We examined differences between trajectory groups and identified factors associated with group membership using generalized estimating equation modeling.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Reckrey JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9122661 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature