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- Title
Informal Costs of Dementia Care: Estimates From the National Longitudinal Caregiver Study.
- Authors
Moore, Michael J.; Zhu, Carolyn W.; Clipp, Elizabeth C.
- Abstract
Discusses results of a study examining the informal costs of caring for elderly community-dwelling male veterans with dementia by female caregivers in the United States. Relationship between informal costs and disease severity; Relationship between informal costs and dementia problem behaviors; Estimate cost of care per patient in 1998; Estimate annual loss of caregivers' earnings.
- Subjects
UNITED States; MEDICAL care of older veterans; MEDICAL care costs; DEMENTIA patients; CAREGIVERS; CARING
- Publication
Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences & Social Sciences, 2001, Vol 56, Issue 4, pS219
- ISSN
1079-5014
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/geronb/56.4.S219