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Informal Caregiver Burden, Benefits, and Older Adult Mortality: A Survival Analysis.
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ABSTRACT: Objective
Informal caregivers are crucial to maintaining older adults' health, but few studies examine how caregiving receipt is associated with older person longevity. In a nationally representative sample, we prospectively explore whether and how having an informal caregiver is associated with older adult overall mortality, and how caregivers' burden and benefits perceptions relate to care recipient mortality.Methods
We match six National Health and Aging Trends Study waves (2011-2016) with 2011 National Study of Caregiving data, conducting survival analysis on 7,369 older adults and 1,327 older adult-informal caregiver dyads.Results
Having an informal caregiver is associated with 36% (p?DiscussionHaving a caregiver may signal impending decline beyond known mortality factors. However, interventions to increase caregivers' benefit perceptions and reduce their burden may decrease mortality risk for older adults with declining health and functional ability.
SUBMITTER: Pristavec T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7664316 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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Informal Caregiver Burden, Benefits, and Older Adult Mortality: A Survival Analysis.
The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences 20201101 10
<h4>Objective</h4>Informal caregivers are crucial to maintaining older adults' health, but few studies examine how caregiving receipt is associated with older person longevity. In a nationally representative sample, we prospectively explore whether and how having an informal caregiver is associated with older adult overall mortality, and how caregivers' burden and benefits perceptions relate to care recipient mortality.<h4>Methods</h4>We match six National Health and Aging Trends Study waves (20 ...[more]