Mortality and hospitalization among older caregivers: results from the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study
Older caregivers provide substantial care while facing their own health challenges. Despite similar baseline comorbidity burdens as noncaregivers, caregivers had a lower risk of all-cause mortality over the 6 years of follow-up. Future studies should examine the potential protective factors of caregiving in older age to inform caregiver support initiatives for older adults providing care.
Authors
- Danielle Powell
- Erin E. Kent (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2503-2191)
- Katherine A. Ornstein (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6270-4423)
- James Russell Pike (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6858-620X)
- Jennifer L. Wolff (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7898-3903)
- Nicholas Simon Reed (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0410-6067)
- Anna Kucharska‐Newton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9864-467X)
- Martha Abshire Saylor (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1824-1542)
- Shoshana H. Ballew (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7547-3764)
- David L. Roth (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2105-0536)
- Nancy L. Schoenborn (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5053-5132)
- Emmanuel E. Garcia Morales (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2239-6125)
- Silvia Koton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9327-7505)
- Josef Coresh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4598-0669)
- Wuyang Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-8726-6520)
Institutions
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- Tel Aviv University (IL)
- Johns Hopkins Medicine (US)
- Department of Health (ZA)
- Optimal Solutions (United States) (US)
- University of Maryland, College Park (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The Journals of Gerontology Series A
- Published
- 2025-08-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/gerona/glaf182
- Primary Topic
- Chronic Disease Management Strategies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00