ArticleInnovation in aging2020
Caring for Older Adults With Vision Impairment and Dementia.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 23 citations in OpenAlex.
- Informal caregiving for people with dementia and hearing or vision impairment: A systematic review.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2025Pooled it
- Socioeconomic Factors and Depressive Symptoms Among Caregivers of Visually Impaired Individuals in South Africa.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- The Impacts of Caregiving for Patients with X-Linked Retinitis Pigmentosa (XLRP): Findings from the EXPLORE XLRP-2 Study.Advances in therapy · 2025Article
- Caregiving Time of Unpaid Family Caregivers Assisting Older Adults With Hearing Difficulty.Journal of aging and health · 2024Article
- Health Management Service Models for the Elderly with Visual Impairment: A Scoping Review.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2024Article
- Home-Based Pilot Intervention to Improve Quality of Life and Related Outcomes among Unpaid Caregivers and Their Care-Recipients with Visual Impairments.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Prevalence of visual impairment in older people living with dementia and its impact: a scoping review.BMC geriatrics · 2023Article
- Vision difficulty and dementia: economic hardships among older adults and their caregivers.Frontiers in epidemiology · 2023Article
- Caring for Older Adults With Self-Reported Vision Impairment: Findings from the National Study of Caregiving.American journal of ophthalmology · 2021Article
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Abstract
BACKGROUND AND
objectivesDementia and vision impairment (VI) are common among older adults but little is known about caregiving in this context. RESEARCH DESIGN AND
methodsWe used data from the 2011 National Health and Aging Trends Study, a nationally representative survey of Medicare beneficiaries, linked to their family/unpaid helpers from the National Study of Caregiving. Vision impairment was defined as self-reported blindness or difficulty with distance/near vision. Probable dementia was based on survey report, interviews, and cognitive tests. Our outcomes included hours of care provided, and number of valued activities (scored 0-4) affected by caregiving, per month.
resultsAmong 1,776 caregivers, 898 (55.1%, weighted) assisted older adults without dementia or VI, 450 (21.9%) with dementia only, 224 (13.0%) with VI only, and 204 (10.0%) with dementia and VI. In fully adjusted negative binomial regression analyses, caregivers of individuals with dementia and VI spent 1.7 times as many hours (95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.4-2.2) providing care than caregivers of those without either impairment; however, caregivers of individuals with dementia only (95% CI = 1.1-1.6) and VI only (95% CI = 1.1-1.6) spent 1.3 times more hours. Additionally, caregivers of individuals with dementia and VI had 3.2 times as many valued activities affected (95% CI = 2.2-4.6), while caregivers of dementia only and VI only reported 1.9 times (95% CI = 1.4-2.6) and 1.3 times (95% CI = 0.9-1.8) more activities affected, respectively. DISCUSSION AND IMPLICATIONS: Our results suggest that caring for older adults with VI involves similar time demands as caring for older adults with dementia, but that participation impacts are greater when caring for older adults with both dementia and VI.
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