A national profile of family and unpaid caregivers who assist older adults with health care activities

JL Wolff, BC Spillman, VA Freedman… - JAMA internal …, 2016 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Family and unpaid caregivers commonly help older adults who are at high risk
for poorly coordinated care. Objective To examine how caregivers' involvement in older …

Family caregivers' experiences with health care workers in the care of older adults with activity limitations

JL Wolff, VA Freedman, JF Mulcahy… - JAMA network …, 2020 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Family and unpaid caregivers often play an active role in managing the care of
older adults with activity limitations. Objective To examine caregivers' experiences with older …

Family and other unpaid caregivers and older adults with and without dementia and disability

C Riffin, PH Van Ness, JL Wolff… - Journal of the American …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives To estimate the number of caregivers providing assistance to community‐
dwelling older persons with and without dementia and with or without substantial disability; …

Family caregiver factors associated with unmet needs for care of older adults

SR Beach, R Schulz - Journal of the American Geriatrics …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives To examine caregiver factors associated with unmet needs for care of older
adults. Design Population‐based surveys of caregivers and older adult care recipients in the …

Multifactorial examination of caregiver burden in a national sample of family and unpaid caregivers

C Riffin, PH Van Ness, JL Wolff… - Journal of the American …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
OBJECTIVES To examine factors associated with caregiver burden from a multifactorial
perspective by examining caregiver and care recipient characteristics and a full range of …

The disproportionate impact of dementia on family and unpaid caregiving to older adults

JD Kasper, VA Freedman, BC Spillman, JL Wolff - Health affairs, 2015 - healthaffairs.org
The number of US adults ages sixty-five and older who are living with dementia is
substantial and expected to grow, raising concerns about the demands that will be placed …

[PDF][PDF] A look at working-age caregivers' roles, health concerns, and need for support

A Ho, SR Collins, K Davis… - Issue Brief (Commonw …, 2005 - commonwealthfund.org
The role of informal caregivers is becoming increasingly important as the US population
continues to age and cost-containment strategies promote shorter hospital stays. There are …

[HTML][HTML] Peer reviewed: Adult caregivers in the United States: Characteristics and differences in well-being, by caregiver age and caregiving status

LA Anderson, VJ Edwards, WS Pearson… - Preventing chronic …, 2013 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
We examined the characteristics of adults providing regular care or assistance to friends or
family members who have health problems, long-term illnesses, or disabilities (ie …

Family caregivers of older adults, 1999–2015: Trends in characteristics, circumstances, and role-related appraisal

JL Wolff, J Mulcahy, J Huang, DL Roth… - The …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Purpose of Study To assess trends in family caregiving between 1999 and 2015.
Design and Methods We construct nationally representative profiles of community-dwelling …

[HTML][HTML] Caregivers for older adults: Prevalence, characteristics, and health care utilization and expenditures

S Musich, SS Wang, S Kraemer, K Hawkins, E Wicker - Geriatric Nursing, 2017 - Elsevier
The purpose of this study was to provide an overview of caregiver prevalence and
characteristics and to estimate the impact of caregiving on health care utilization and …