Trends in caregiving for home-dwelling older adults with functional disability was examined by researchers.
Caregiving Fathers Face More Disrespect at Work Compared to Men Who Perform Traditional Roles
Middle-class men with nontraditional caregiving roles face more disrespect at work compared to men who come from families that follow traditional gender roles, a new study reveals.
Middle-class men with nontraditional caregiving roles face more disrespect at work compared to men who come from families that follow traditional gender roles, a new study reveals.
‘Senior adults seeking caregiving help as increased from 42% in 1998 to 50% in 2012. Assistance was provided by spouses, children, other family, and paid caregivers.’
There were 5,198 individuals and 39,060 observations of home-dwelling older adults with one or more impairments. The researchers found that individuals increasingly reported caregiver help, from 42% in 1998 to 50% in 2012. Assistance was increasingly provided by spouses, children, other family, and paid caregivers over each two-year period. The greatest increase in caregiving was among those with fewer ADL and IADL impairments. "Although this is likely in part because those with more impairments have already sought caregivers, it may also be that more adults with one or two impairments are aging in their communities as opposed to nursing homes," the authors write.
"Further work is needed to assess the balance between functional needs in the population and capacity for caregiver support, as well as the burden on unpaid caregivers."
Evidence of Basis for Caregiving Impulse Unearthed in NIH Brain Imaging Study
A study by researchers says that distinct patterns of activity appear in the brains of adults who view an image of an infant face.
A study by researchers says that distinct patterns of activity appear in the brains of adults who view an image of an infant face.
Informal Caregiving for US Elderly Costs $522 Billion Annually
Informal caregiving of elderly people by friends and relatives in the United States costs around $522 billion a year, reveals a new RAND Corporation study.
Informal caregiving of elderly people by friends and relatives in the United States costs around $522 billion a year, reveals a new RAND Corporation study.
Caregiving Robots More Popular Than Ones That Need to be Taken Care Of: Researchers
People expressed more positive feelings toward a robot that would take care of them than toward the ones that needed care, finds researchers.
People expressed more positive feelings toward a robot that would take care of them than toward the ones that needed care, finds researchers.
