ArticleDemography2024
Changes in Family Structure and Increasing Care Gaps in the United States, 2015-2050.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Understanding how informal dementia caregiver networks are assessed in the literature: results from a scoping review.Frontiers in dementia · 2026Pooled it
- Caregiver Availability and Racial Differences in End-Of-Life Care Quality: Evidence From the National Health and Aging Trends Study 2017-2024.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2026Article
- Kinship, gender, and the social networks of caregivers for older adults.The Gerontologist · 2026Article
- From the Rainbow to the Sunset: Anticipated Availability of Informal Care for Older Sexual Minorities in the United States.Population research and policy review · 2026Article
- The Future Availability of Family Caregivers: Implications for Late-Life Care Gaps.Population research and policy review · 2026Article
- 'Care Beyond Co-Residence': A Qualitative Exploration of Emotional and Instrumental Care Gaps Among Older Adults in Migrant Households of Kerala.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Equipping Change Agents: Applying Mixed Methods to Learn About the Outcomes of the Co-Designed Caregiver-Centered Care Champions Education Program.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Older adults' care networks and the pathways to unmet needs.Innovation in aging · 2025Article
- Family Structure and Unmet Care Needs Among Older Adults With and Without Dementia in the United States.The Gerontologist · 2025Article
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Abstract
Research on caregiving in the United States has not clearly identified the scope of the gap between care needed and care received and the changes implied by ongoing and anticipated shifts in family structure. This article examines the magnitude of contemporary gaps in care among older adults in the United States and how they are likely to evolve through 2050. We use data from the Health and Retirement Study (1998-2014) to estimate care gaps, operationalized as having difficulties with activities of daily living (ADLs) or instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs) but not receiving care. We also estimate variation in care gaps by family structure. Then, we use data from demographic microsimulation to explore the implications of demographic and family changes for the evolution of care gaps. We establish that care gaps are common, with 13% and 5% of adults aged 50 or older reporting a care gap for ADLs and IADLs, respectively. Next, we find that adults with neither partners nor children have the highest care gap rates. Last, we project that the number of older adults with care gaps will increase by more than 30% between 2015 and 2050-twice the rate of population growth. These results provide a benchmark for understanding the scope of the potential problem and considering how care gaps can be filled.
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