Older adults receiving assistance with physician visits and prescribed medications and their family caregivers: prevalence, characteristics, and hours of care.
Older adults receiving assistance with physician visits and prescribed medications and their family caregivers: prevalence, characteristics, and hours of care.
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接受医生就诊和处方药物援助的老年人及其家庭护理人员：患病率、特征和护理时间。
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10.1093/geronb/gbu119
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2014
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Spillman,Brenda
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Wolff,JenniferL;Spillman,Brenda
ObjectivesTo profile elderly adults receiving assistance with doctors visits and prescribed medicines and time demands associated with their care. MethodsObservatory study of 7，197 community-dwelling adults age 65+ responding to the 2011 National Health and Aging Trends Study.ResultsMore than one third of elderly adults receiving assistance with either doctors visits or prescribed medicines（26.3%），或两者兼而有之（9.9%）。330万老年人接受医生访问和处方药物的帮助是一个高需求的亚组：五分之三的人可能（16.5%）或可能（46.1%）患有痴呆症，四分之三（76.6%）在行动，自我护理或家庭活动方面获得帮助。这330万老年人每周在所有活动方面获得帮助的时间（60.5小时）是那些接受医生访问或处方药物（26.5小时）或两者都没有（18.6小时）帮助的人的两倍多。接受医生就诊和处方药帮助的老年人得到720万名助手的帮助，其中大多数是成年子女（46.6%）或配偶（23.6%）。310万助手谁协助医生访问和处方药提供了平均每周45.4hr的帮助，近三分之二（64.3%）还协助流动性或自我care.DiscussionOlder成年人接受帮助医生访问和处方药通常有很高的健康和功能需求，涉及照顾者的显着时间需求。
ObjectivesTo profile older adults receiving assistance with physician visits and prescribed medications and the time demands associated with their care.MethodsObservational study of 7,197 community-dwelling adults ages 65+ responding to the 2011 National Health and Aging Trends Study.ResultsMore than one third of older adults receive assistance with either physician visits or prescribed medications (26.3%), or both (9.9%). The 3.3 million older adults who receive assistance with both physician visits and prescribed medications are a high-need subgroup: 3 in 5 have possible (16.5%) or probable (46.1%) dementia and three quarters (76.6%) receive help with mobility, self-care, or household activities. These 3.3 million older adults receive more than twice as many weekly hours of help with all activities (60.5hr) as those receiving help with either physician visits or prescribed medications (26.5hr), or neither (18.6hr). Older adults receiving help with both physician visits and prescribed medications are assisted by 7.2 million helpers, most often adult children (46.6%), or spouses (23.6%). The 3.1 million helpers who assist with both physician visits and prescribed medications provide an average of 45.4hr of help per week; nearly two thirds (64.3%) also assist with mobility or self-care.DiscussionOlder adults receiving help with both physician visits and prescribed medications typically have high health and functioning needs that involve significant time demands for caregivers.