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A survey of family care giving to elders in New York State
— findings and implications | | Author(s) | Harvey A Farberman, Stephen J Finch, Beverly P Horowitz |
| Journal title | Care Management Journals, vol 4, no 3, Fall 2003 |
| Pages | pp 153-160 |
| Source | http://www.springerpub.com |
| Keywords | Family care ; Social surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | It is estimated that there are 734,400 caregiver households in New York State. Categorization of all caregivers on a 5 level "intensity of care" measure reveals that, on average, caregivers provide 22.1 hours of care per week. Highest intensity level 5 caregivers provide on average 88 hours of care per week and account for 36.3% of all caregiving. The annualised market contribution of all caregivers to the NYS health care system is estimated at between $7.5 and $11.2 billion. The combination of care levels 4 and 5 contributed 70% of all care giving and account for about $5.2 billion in market value. Level 4 and 5 caregivers are more likely than other caregivers to report difficulties, including the recent death of the care receiver. Of the nearly 15% of NYS caregivers who used adult day care services, all reported that these services met their needs fully or partly. However, of the 85% who did not use the service, 33.5% were negative about it. While use of adult day care services increases with intensity of care level, there is resistance to adult day care particularly among level 3 caregivers, with negative statements from 46.8% of them. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-040816205 A |
| Classmark | P6:SJ: 3F: 7T |
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| ...from the Ageinfo database published by Centre for Policy on Ageing. |
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