Family care and predictors of the disabled elderly in China: A cross-sectional study based on the Anderson model

Yuwei Zhang and Li Wang

PLOS ONE, 2024, vol. 19, issue 11, 1-10

Abstract: In light of China’s progressively aging population, family care with the "warmth of affection" has always been an irreplaceable form of care that meets the wishes of the majority of disabled elderly to enjoy their twilight years comfortably. Data from a follow-up survey on the influencing factors of the Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey from 2018 and the Anderson Model was used as a theoretical framework to analyze the influencing factors using a binary logistic regression model. Children were the main providers of care services among disabled elderly in family care. Family care for disabled elderly was influenced by the combined effects of age (P

Date: 2024
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