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US Prevalence And Predictors Of Informal Caregiving For Dementia

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Friedman, Esther M., Shih, Regina A., Langa, Kenneth M., Hurd, Michael D.·2015·Health Affairs

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In 2010, 5.5 million US adults ages seventy and older received informal care, including 3.6 million with cognitive impairment or probable dementia. Adults with probable dementia received 171 hours of monthly informal care, versus 89 hours for cognitively impaired adults without dementia and 66 hours for cognitively normal adults.

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  • Eighty-three percent of help provided to older adults in the United States comes from family members, friends, or other unpaid caregivers.

    “Eighty-three percent of the help provided to older adults in the United States comes from family members, friends, or other unpaid caregivers.394”

    From 2023 Alzheimer's disease facts and figures (2023) · cites this paper as [394]

    The Study Results report that informal caregivers provided 83 percent of care hours received by the study group. The claim broadens this to all help provided to older adults in the United States, whereas the estimate concerns hours of care for community-dwelling adults aged seventy and older who received help with daily-activity limitations. (LLM, conf=0.88)

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  • Over one-third of dementia caregivers in the United States are daughters caring for a parent.

    “Over one‐third of dementia caregivers in the United States are daughters caring for a parent.”

    From 2024 Alzheimer's disease facts and figures (2024) · cites this paper as [425]

    The Study Results report that daughters were 37.5 percent of caregivers for adults with probable dementia—more than one-third. The study’s sample was limited to community-dwelling adults ages 70 and older, so it does not establish that proportion for all dementia caregivers in the United States. (LLM, conf=0.86)

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  • Eighty-three percent of the help provided to older adults in the United States comes from family members, friends or other unpaid caregivers.

    “Eighty‐three percent of the help provided to older adults in the United States comes from family members, friends or other unpaid caregivers.”

    From 2024 Alzheimer's disease facts and figures (2024) · cites this paper as [425]

    The Study Results report that informal caregivers provided 83 percent of care hours, and the Methods define them as relatives or unpaid nonrelatives. However, the estimate applies to care hours received by community-dwelling US adults ages 70 and older who needed help with daily activities, not to all help provided to older US adults. Page numbers are not provided in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.88)

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  • More than one-third of dementia caregivers are daughters caring for a parent.

    “Over one-third of dementia caregivers are daughters caring for a parent.394,402”

    From 2023 Alzheimer's disease facts and figures (2023) · cites this paper as [394]

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Authors
Friedman, E. M., Shih, R. A., Langa, K. M., & Hurd, M. D.
Affiliations
  • RAND Corporation (US)
  • University of Michigan (US)
Venue
Health Affairs
Published
2015-10
Volume
34
Issue
10
Pages
1637-1641
ISSN
  • 0278-2715 (ISSN-L)
  • 1544-5208
OpenAlex
W1751895319
Cited by
227
References
6
Citations by year
2026: 21 · 2025: 26 · 2024: 29 · 2023: 28 · 2022: 23 · 2021: 28 · 2020: 25 · 2019: 18 · 2018: 14 · 2017: 10 · 2016: 4
FWCI
7.57
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Health Affairs (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health (2t32hd007545-21)
  • National Institute on Aging (R01AG043960, R01AG030155, U01AG009740, P30AG024824)
  • Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (T32-HD007545)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › Pharmacy › Nursing care and research
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving
Keywords
informal care, dementia, prevalence, predictive factors, older adults, cognitive impairment, caregiver hours, family caregivers
MeSH terms
Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Dementia, Female, Patient Care, Home Care Services, Humans, Male, Nuclear Family, United States, Prevalence, Caregivers, Spouses

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