Paid Leave Mandates and Care for Older Parents

K Arora, DA Wolf - The Milbank Quarterly, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Policy Points We examined the effect of the Paid Family Leave policy (PFL) and Paid Sick
Leave policy (PSL) on care provision to older parents. We found that PSL adoption led to an …

Participation in everyday activities among young adult relatives of parents with dementia–A qualitative study

ML Nielsen, S Bjørnskov, R Gregersen… - Dementia, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Previous research has shown that young adult relatives of parents with dementia experience
strain through increased responsibility and changed relationships in the family with potential …

US dementia care spending by state: 2010–2019

A Lastuka, MR Breshock, TA McHugh… - Alzheimer's & …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
INTRODUCTION Dementia is the fourth largest cause of death for individuals 70 years of
age and older in the United States, and it is tremendously costly. Existing estimates of the …

The contribution of dementia to the disparity in family wealth between black and non-black Americans

JE Kaufman, WT Gallo, MC Fahs - Ageing & Society, 2020 - cambridge.org
The enormous economic burden of dementia in the United States of America falls
disproportionately on families coping with this devastating disease. Black Americans, who …

Smoking and alcohol consumption following a new dementia diagnosis

K Arora, D Bhagianadh - The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Objectives Despite extensive research on lifestyle factors that influence the risk of
developing dementia, limited evidence exists on whether older adults adopt healthier habits …

Informal care and savings

K Sakata, C McKenzie, S Kajitani - Applied Economics, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Using panel data from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA)
Survey, this paper examines to what extent informal care provided by couples and single …

Disability measurement in the Health and Retirement Study

EM Agree, DA Wolf - Forum for Health Economics and Policy, 2018 - degruyter.com
Abstract The Health and Retirement Study (HRS) has provided extensive and detailed
national data on disability since it began in 1992, and has been used extensively in studies …

[PDF][PDF] Think Piece: Wealth inequality, health and health equity

S Sanford - 2024 - wellesleyinstitute.com
Canadians are struggling with the rising cost of living. A national survey in November 2023
showed 46 per cent report of people are behind financially due to the cost of essential items …

Caregiving, health status and total family net worth among men and women approaching retirement age

LA DeRigne, SL Porterfield, LM Quinn… - Community, Work & …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Background and Objectives: Building on opportunity cost theory and an
understanding of how gender impacts household labor decisions, this study examines how …

Caracterización de ancianos con síndrome demencial y de sus cuidadores

L Hernández-Piñero - Revista Electrónica Dr. Zoilo E …, 2020 - revzoilomarinello.sld.cu
Fundamento: se estima que en los próximos 30 años las demandas de cuidados para
personas con demencia aumentarán en 10 veces las necesidades actuales, un reto sin …