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Patterns of Caregiving Among Older Adults With and Without Dementia: A Latent Class Analysis
[Informal care networks in the context of multimorbidity: Size, composition, and associations with recipient psychological well-being]

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  • Talha Ali
  • Gail J McAvay
  • Joan K Monin
  • Thomas M Gill

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ObjectivesWe identify common patterns of caregiving or “care types” among older adults with and without dementia. Prior research has focused on primary caregivers and on the independent effects of individual caregiving attributes. We examine multiple caregivers of older adults, including the primary caregiver, and how multiple caregiving attributes co-occur to shape caregiving types.MethodsWe link 2015 care recipient (N = 1,423) and unpaid caregiver data (N = 2,146) from the National Health and Aging Trends Study and the National Study of Caregiving. Latent class analysis of caregiving attributes, representing care intensity and regularity, and various care activities, was used to construct care types. Multinomial logistic regression was used to examine if the recipients’ dementia status and caregivers’ background characteristics predicted membership in care types.ResultsFive distinguishable care types were identified. Caregivers who were female, adult children, or coresidents, those caring for persons with dementia, and those who had paid help had higher odds of being in the more demanding care types. Conversely, older, White caregivers and those with support for their caregiving activities were less likely to be in a demanding care type.DiscussionCare types can help us understand sources of heterogeneity in caregiving and effectively target caregiver support services and interventions.

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  • Talha Ali & Gail J McAvay & Joan K Monin & Thomas M Gill, 2022. "Patterns of Caregiving Among Older Adults With and Without Dementia: A Latent Class Analysis [Informal care networks in the context of multimorbidity: Size, composition, and associations with recip," The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, The Gerontological Society of America, vol. 77(Supplemen), pages 74-85.
  • Handle: RePEc:oup:geronb:v:77:y:2022:i:supplement_1:p:s74-s85.
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    1. Vivian Weiqun Lou & Clio Yuen Man Cheng & Doris Sau Fung Yu & Daniel Fu Keung Wong & Daniel W. L. Lai & Alice Ming Lin Chong & Shuangzhou Chen & Kee Lee Chou, 2022. "Meaning Making as a Lifebuoy in Dementia Caregiving: Predicting Depression from a Generation Perspective Using a Fuzzy-Set Qualitative Comparative Analysis," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(23), pages 1-17, November.
    2. Vicki A Freedman, 2022. "Late-Life Disability and Care: An Update From the National Health and Aging Trends Study at Its 10-Year Mark [Patterns of caregiving among older adults with and without dementia: A latent class ana," The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, The Gerontological Society of America, vol. 77(Supplemen), pages 1-8.

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