Spouse and Child Availability for Newly Disabled Older Adults: Socioeconomic Differences and Potential Role of Residential Proximity

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 462-469

  Choi, Hwajung ^a   Schoeni, Robert F ^b,c,d   Langa, Kenneth M ^a,c,d,e,f   Heisler, Michele M ^a,d,f  

^a Temple University School of Medicine   (United States)

^b Department of Economics ^*  (United States)

^c Institute for Social Research   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e Institute of Gerontology   (United States)

^f VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Disability; Geographic proximity; Informal care; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ADULT CHILD; AGED; AGING; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOME; SOCIAL CLASS; SPOUSE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT CHILDREN; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL CLASS; SPOUSES;

EID: 84939550601     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbu015     Document Type: Article

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