Informal Caregiving for Diabetes and Diabetic Complications Among Elderly Americans

Kenneth M. Langa, Sandeep Vijan, Rodney A. Hayward, Michael E. Chernew, Caroline S. Blaum, Mohammed U. Kabeto, David R. Weir, Steven J. Katz, Robert Willis and Mark Fendrick
Additional contact information
Kenneth M. Langa: University of Michigan
Sandeep Vijan: Department of Veterans Affairs Center for Practice Management and Outcomes Research

Working Papers from University of Michigan, Michigan Retirement Research Center

Abstract: Objectives: Little is known regarding the amount of time spent by unpaid caregivers providing help to elderly individuals for disabilities associated with diabetes mellitus (DM). We sought to obtain nationally representative estimates of the time, and associated cost, of informal caregiving provided to the elderly with diabetes, and to determine the complications of DM that contribute most significantly to the subsequent need for informal care. Methods: We estimated multivariable regression models using data from the 1993 Asset and Health Dynamics (AHEAD) Study, a nationally representative survey of people aged 70 or older (N=7,443), to determine the weekly hours of informal caregiving and imputed cost of caregiver time for community-dwelling elderly with and without a diagnosis of DM. Results: Those without DM received an average of 6.1 hours per week of informal care, those with DM taking no medications received 10.5 hours, those with DM taking oral medications received 10.1 hours, and those with DM taking insulin received 14.4 hours of care (P

Pages: 30 pages
Date: 2001-06
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
http://mrdrc.isr.umich.edu/publications/Papers/pdf/wp013.pdf (application/pdf)
Our link check indicates that this URL is bad, the error code is: 403 Forbidden (http://mrdrc.isr.umich.edu/publications/Papers/pdf/wp013.pdf [301 Moved Permanently]--> https://mrdrc.isr.umich.edu/publications/Papers/pdf/wp013.pdf)

Related works:
Journal Article: Informal Caregiving for Diabetes and Diabetic Complications Among Elderly Americans (2002)
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:mrr:papers:wp013

Access Statistics for this paper

More papers in Working Papers from University of Michigan, Michigan Retirement Research Center P.O. Box 1248, Ann Arbor, MI 48104. Contact information at EDIRC.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by MRRC Administrator ().