OLDER ADULTS WITHOUT CARE PARTNERS: A SCOPING REVIEW OF CURRENT EVIDENCE
Brittany Jones-Cobb, Chaejeong Lee · 2024
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Brittany Jones-Cobb and Chaejeong Lee review, in twenty twenty-four, evidence on older adults who have no care partner. More people now live alone, divorce, move far, or outlive a spouse and children. In the United States, family and friends are the base of care. Those with no such partner face a shaky place, as public care shrinks and paid care costs rise. The team searched nine databases for studies on this group.
Risks included isolation, poor self-care, and delays or blocks in medical care. Bad outcomes included more hospital and nursing home stays, and death by suicide. No well-tested program was found that targets this group alone, a gap the authors stress.
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| CREATOR | Brittany Jones-Cobb, Chaejeong Lee |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 2 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |