TY - JOUR
T1 - Hourly care received by people with Alzheimer's disease
T2 - Results from an urban, community survey
AU - Albert, Steven M.
AU - Sano, Mary
AU - Bell, Karen
AU - Merchant, Carol
AU - Small, Scott
AU - Stern, Yaakov
N1 - Funding Information:
Research supported by National Institutes of Health grant AG07273, by the Alzheimer's Association (FSA 93-026), and by the Charles S. Robertson Memorial Gift for Alzheimer's Disease from the Banbury Fund. Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center, Columbia University, New York, NY. 'Department of Neurology, Columbia University, New York, NY. 3Taub Center for Alzheimer's Disease Research, Columbia University, New York, NY. 'Division of Sociomedical Sciences, Columbia University, New York, NY. department of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons and School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY. Address correspondence to Dr. Steven M. Albert, Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center, Columbia University, P&S Box 16, 630 West 168th Street, New York, NY 10032. E-mail: [email protected]
PY - 1998
Y1 - 1998
N2 - People with Alzheimer's disease living in a defined community in New York City were identified and assessed on two occasions to determine the number of hours of activities of daily living (ADL) care they received. Nearly half received all care hours from informal sources; however, a quarter received all ADL care hours from formal sources. The mean number of daily ADL hours in the sample was 9.7, of which 4.2 came from formal sources. This reflects the extensive use of Medicaid-based home care services in New York City. As dementia worsened, substitution of formal for informal care was rare, but formal care assumed a greater proportion of total care hours.
AB - People with Alzheimer's disease living in a defined community in New York City were identified and assessed on two occasions to determine the number of hours of activities of daily living (ADL) care they received. Nearly half received all care hours from informal sources; however, a quarter received all ADL care hours from formal sources. The mean number of daily ADL hours in the sample was 9.7, of which 4.2 came from formal sources. This reflects the extensive use of Medicaid-based home care services in New York City. As dementia worsened, substitution of formal for informal care was rare, but formal care assumed a greater proportion of total care hours.
KW - Alzheimer's disease
KW - Caregiving
KW - Community study
KW - Dementia
KW - Indirect costs
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/0032443707
U2 - 10.1093/geront/38.6.704
DO - 10.1093/geront/38.6.704
M3 - Article
C2 - 9868850
AN - SCOPUS:0032443707
SN - 0016-9013
VL - 38
SP - 704
EP - 714
JO - Gerontologist
JF - Gerontologist
IS - 6
ER -