Informal family care giving has been a traditional mainstay of care for the frail elderly. As the
Baby Boomers approach retirement and old age, it is not clear that society can continue to …

Purpose: Family caregivers comprise the backbone of long-term-care provision in the United
States, yet little is known about how the composition and experience of family caregiving has …

Informal caregiving—unpaid help primarily provided by spouses and children—has long
been the most common source of long-term care for older persons with disability in the …

The focus on rising costs of long-term care now encompasses community as well as
institutional care. Policy makers cite the potential impact of changing social trends on …

Although families currently provide the bulk of care for aged relatives, demographic changes
affecting family structure and documentation of the negative effects of caregiving have …

Abstract The 1982 National Long-Term Care Survey and Informal Caregivers Survey
provided data for the first national estimates of informal caregivers to noninstitutionalized …

The impact of the widespread aging of populations around the world has become of central
interest to both researchers and policymakers who wish to understand the broad social …

This study examined the impact of community care on informal care provided by family and
friends to homebound elderly persons. Secondary analyses were conducted on data …

Care for people with a disability or the frail elderly can be provided either formally (through
organized services and special residential facilities) or informally by relatives, friends, or …

Changes in the formal health care system and in the health of the population are likely to
increase the need for informal care of the sick and disabled. At the same time, high rates of …