Trends in Family Caregiving and Paid Home Care for Older People with Disabilities in the Community: Data from the National Long-Term Care Survey

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Article Publication Date: 
9/1/2010
Summary: 
Family caregiving has long been the most common source of long-term care for older people with disabilities in the U.S. Explore this report looking at recent trends in the types of assistance that older people with disabilities receive and sources of payment for this assistance. It presents major findings on the growing number of older people with disabilities in the community and their care arrangements, summarized by seven trends.
Article Author: 
Houser, Ari; Gibson, Mary Jo; Redfoot, Donald L.
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Keywords: 
Long-Term Care
assistive devices; supplemental formal care; NLTCS

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