Yeunkyung Kim, Jihye Kim, Hyunjee Kim, Sungchul Park, Yue Li
BACKGROUND: Respite care provides short-term relief for caregivers. Despite efforts to promote respite use among Black caregivers, little is known if disparities in respite use between Black and White dementia caregivers have decreased over time. We examined a trend nationally to see if more recent efforts may have helped reduce disparities in respite use. METHODS: We used a repeated cross-sectional design, with the data from 2015, 2017, and 2021 of the National Health and Aging Trends Study and National Study of Caregiving...
February 2, 2024: Journals of Gerontology. Series A, Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences