TY - JOUR
T1 - Profiles of Caregiving Arrangements of Community-dwelling People Living with Probable Dementia
AU - Jutkowitz, Eric
AU - Mitchell, Lauren L.
AU - Bardenheier, Barbara H.
AU - Gaugler, Joseph E.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Taylor & Francis.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - People living with dementia receive care from multiple caregivers, but little is known about the structure of their caregiving arrangements. This study used the Health and Retirement Study and latent class analyses to identify subgroups of caregiving arrangements based on caregiving hours received from spouses, children, other family/friends, and paid individuals among married (n = 361) and unmarried (n = 473) community-dwelling people with probable dementia. Three classes in the married sample (class 1 “low hours with shared care,” class 2 “spouse-dominant care,” and class 3 “children-dominant care”) were identified. In class 1, spouses, children, and paid individuals provided 53%, 22%, and 26% of the caregiving hours, respectively. Three classes in the unmarried sample (class 1 “low hours with shared care,” class 2 “children-dominant care,” and class 3 “paid-dominant care”) were identified. In unmarried class 1, children, other family/friends, and paid individuals provided 35%, 41% and 24% of the caregiving hours, respectively.
AB - People living with dementia receive care from multiple caregivers, but little is known about the structure of their caregiving arrangements. This study used the Health and Retirement Study and latent class analyses to identify subgroups of caregiving arrangements based on caregiving hours received from spouses, children, other family/friends, and paid individuals among married (n = 361) and unmarried (n = 473) community-dwelling people with probable dementia. Three classes in the married sample (class 1 “low hours with shared care,” class 2 “spouse-dominant care,” and class 3 “children-dominant care”) were identified. In class 1, spouses, children, and paid individuals provided 53%, 22%, and 26% of the caregiving hours, respectively. Three classes in the unmarried sample (class 1 “low hours with shared care,” class 2 “children-dominant care,” and class 3 “paid-dominant care”) were identified. In unmarried class 1, children, other family/friends, and paid individuals provided 35%, 41% and 24% of the caregiving hours, respectively.
KW - Dementia
KW - caregiving
KW - long-term care
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U2 - 10.1080/08959420.2021.1927613
DO - 10.1080/08959420.2021.1927613
M3 - Article
C2 - 34003081
AN - SCOPUS:85106312393
SN - 0895-9420
VL - 34
SP - 860
EP - 875
JO - Journal of Aging and Social Policy
JF - Journal of Aging and Social Policy
IS - 6
ER -