The Changing Demography of Late-Life Family Caregiving: A Research Agenda to Understand Future Care Networks for an Aging U.S. Population

Author:

Freedman Vicki A1ORCID,Agree Emily M2,Seltzer Judith A3,Birditt Kira S1,Fingerman Karen L4ORCID,Friedman Esther M1ORCID,Lin I-Fen5ORCID,Margolis Rachel6ORCID,Park Sung S7ORCID,Patterson Sarah E1ORCID,Polenick Courtney A8,Reczek Rin9,Reyes Adriana M10,Truskinovsky Yulya11ORCID,Wiemers Emily E12,Wu Huijing6ORCID,Wolf Douglas A13ORCID,Wolff Jennifer L14,Zarit Steven H15

Affiliation:

1. Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan , Ann Arbor, Michigan , USA

2. Department of Sociology, Johns Hopkins University , Baltimore, Maryland , USA

3. Department of Sociology, University of California, Los Angeles , Los Angeles, California , USA

4. Department of Human Development and Family Sciences, University of Texas at Austin , Austin, Texas , USA

5. Department of Sociology, Bowling Green State University , Bowling Green, Ohio , USA

6. Department of Sociology, University of Western Ontario , London, Ontario , Canada

7. Office of Population Research, Princeton University , Princeton, New Jersey , USA

8. Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan , Ann Arbor, Michigan , USA

9. Department of Sociology, Ohio State University , Columbus, Ohio , USA

10. Brooks School of Public Policy and Department of Sociology, Cornell University , Ithaca, New York , USA

11. Department of Economics, Wayne State University , Detroit, Michigan , USA

12. Department of Public Administration and International Affairs, Syracuse University , Syracuse, New York , USA

13. Aging Studies Institute, Syracuse University , Syracuse, New York , USA

14. Department of Health Policy and Management, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University , Baltimore, Maryland , USA

15. Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Pennsylvania State University , University Park, Pennsylvania , USA

Abstract

Abstract Repeated claims that a dwindling supply of potential caregivers is creating a crisis in care for the U.S. aging population have not been well-grounded in empirical research. Concerns about the supply of family care do not adequately recognize factors that may modify the availability and willingness of family and friends to provide care to older persons in need of assistance or the increasing heterogeneity of the older population. In this paper, we set forth a framework that places family caregiving in the context of older adults’ care needs, the alternatives available to them, and the outcomes of that care. We focus on care networks, rather than individuals, and discuss the demographic and social changes that may alter the formation of care networks in the future. Last, we identify research areas to prioritize in order to better support planning efforts to care for the aging U.S. population.

Funder

National Institute on Aging

National Institutes of Health

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)

Subject

Geriatrics and Gerontology,Gerontology,General Medicine

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