THE EPIDEMIOLOGY OF SOCIAL ISOLATION AND LONELINESS OF FAMILY AND UNPAID CAREGIVERS OF OLDER ADULTS
Yiqing Qian, Mary Louise Pomeroy, Martha Saylor, Katherine Ornstein · 2024
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Yiqing Qian and three co-authors measure loneliness and social isolation among Americans who care for older adults, in a 2024 study. Family and unpaid caregivers often give many hours of care and can lose touch with friends and community life. Solid national figures on their isolation were lacking.
The team drew on a national caregiving survey with more than two thousand caregivers. About thirteen percent counted as socially isolated, and a third felt lonely at least some days. Women and caregivers with less schooling were less likely to be isolated than others. Isolation also ran in pairs: caregivers whose care recipient was isolated tended to be isolated too. The authors call for surveys that measure loneliness more fully and for support aimed at both members of the pair.
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| CREATOR | Yiqing Qian, Mary Louise Pomeroy, Martha Saylor, Katherine Ornstein |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 2 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |