Description/Abstract
Family caregivers are the main providers of home care to older adults, especially as the prevalence of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia rises. Caregiving can take a toll on caregivers’ physical and mental health, which impacts both their own well-being and their care recipients’ health outcomes. This brief summarizes findings from a study that used data from the 2017 National Study on Caregiving (NSOC) to estimate the prevalence of arthritis and activity-limiting pain among 1,930 family caregivers to older adults. Over half of all caregivers reported bothersome pain in the previous month, 24% of whom had pain that limited their activities on most or every day.
Document Type
Research Brief
Keywords
Bothersome Pain, Caregiving, Arthritis
Disciplines
Family, Life Course, and Society | Medicine and Health | Social and Behavioral Sciences | Sociology
Date
1-30-2024
Language
English
Acknowledgements
Thank you to Janet Wilmoth, Alyssa Kirk, and Shannon Monnat for edits to a previous version of this brief. This research was funded by the National Institute on Aging [T32 AG049666 to SGT and JRMR, 5K24AG053462-07 to MCR]
Funder(s)
National Institute on Aging
Funding ID
T32 AG049666 to SGT and JRMR, 5K24AG053462-07 to MCR
Recommended Citation
Turner, Shelbie G., Robinson, Jamie R. M., Pillemer, Karl A., Reid, M. Cary. (2024). Pain Limits Family Caregivers’ Daily Activities. Lerner Center Population Health Research Brief Series. Research Brief #109. Accessed at: https://surface.syr.edu/lerner/240
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