Financial Care for Older Adults With Dementia.

TitleFinancial Care for Older Adults With Dementia.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2017
AuthorsPan, X, Lee, Y, Dye, C, Roley, LTheriot
JournalInt J Aging Hum Dev
Volume85
Issue1
Pagination108-122
Date Published2017 06
ISSN Number1541-3535
KeywordsAdult children, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Dementia, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, United States
Abstract

This article describes an examination of the sociodemographic characteristics of adult children, particularly Baby Boomer caregivers, who provide financial care to older parents with dementia. The sample including 1,011adult children dementia caregivers aged 50 to 64 years is selected from a nationally representative sample in the 2010 Health and Retirement Study. Exact logistic regression revealed that race, provision of financial assistance to caregiver children, and the number of their children are significantly associated with financial caregiving of parents. Non-White caregivers are more likely to provide financial care to their parents or parents-in-law with dementia; those who have more children and provide financial assistance to their children are less likely to provide financial care to parents with dementia. The current findings present valuable new information on the sociodemographic characteristics of adult children who provide financial assistance to parents with dementia and inform research, programs, and services on dementia caregiving.

URLhttp://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0091415016685327?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub%3dpubmed
DOI10.1177/0091415016685327
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Alternate JournalInt J Aging Hum Dev
Citation Key8830
PubMed ID28024418