Current and Future Replacement and Opportunity Costs of Family Caregiving for Older Americans With and Without Dementia
As the employment-related opportunity costs of family caregiving for older adults are on a trajectory to become increasingly similar in value to associated replacement costs of unpaid care, policymakers, health insurance payers, and employers should focus on supporting unpaid family caregivers to remain attached to the labor force through efforts such as strengthening paid family leave options, expanding consumer-directed in-home services options, and offering increased work flexibility.
Authors
- Stipica Mudražija (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2284-0310)
- María Aranda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5229-4993)
Institutions
- University of Southern California (US)
- Washington State Department of Health (US)
- University of Washington (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Innovation in Aging
- Published
- 2025-01-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igaf049
- Primary Topic
- Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- California Department of Public Health
- School of Social Work, University of Maryland
- National Institutes of Health
- National Institute on Aging
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development