Duke Kunshan University Reports Findings in Geriatrics and Gerontology (Projecting Long-Term Care Costs Among Older Adults With ADL Disabilities and Cognitive Impairment in China): Aging Research – Geriatrics and Gerontology

2024 NOV 14 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Daily China News -- New research on Aging Research - Geriatrics and Gerontology is the subject of a report. According to news reporting from Jiangsu, People’s Republic of China, by NewsRx journalists, research stated, “Mounting evidence suggests that cognitive impairment is strongly associated with disability in activities of daily living (ADL disability) and long-term care (LTC) costs. However, studies forecasting future LTC costs often overlook these relationships.”

The news correspondents obtained a quote from the research from Duke Kunshan University, “Consequently, this study aims to more accurately project future LTC costs in China over the next 20 years by considering the intertwined association between disability and cognitive impairment on future LTC costs. Data were from 10 959 adults 65 years from the 2005-2018 waves of the Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Surveys. We used the Markov model to project the population of China and track the transition of older adults in the next 20 years between 4 disability-cognition states. We employed a 2-part model to estimate LTC costs (direct and indirect LTC costs) per capita. The proportion of disabled older adults with cognitive impairment was projected to increase from 1.4% in 2021 to 3.4% in 2040, while that of those without cognitive impairment was projected to decrease from 4.7% in 2021 to 4.5% in 2040. The direct and indirect LTC costs were projected to increase from 0.3% and 0.2% of gross domestic product (GDP) in 2021 to 1.4% and 0.7% in 2040 for disabled persons without cognitive impairment and from 0.1% and 0.1% of GDP in 2021 to 1.3% and 1.3% in 2040 for those with cognitive impairment, respectively.”

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: “Policy-makers could include the assessment of cognition in the LTC needs assessment and allocate more compensation to LTC insurance participants with cognitive impairment.”

This research has been peer-reviewed.

For more information on this research see: Projecting Long-Term Care Costs Among Older Adults With ADL Disabilities and Cognitive Impairment in China. The Journals of Gerontology, Series A, 2024;79. The Journals of Gerontology, Series A can be contacted at: Oxford Univ Press Inc, Journals Dept, 2001 Evans Rd, Cary, NC 27513, USA.

Our news journalists report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Chenkai Wu, Global Health Research Center, Duke Kunshan University, Kunshan, Jiangsu, People’s Republic of China.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1093/gerona/glae140. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

Publisher contact information for the The Journals of Gerontology, Series A is: Oxford Univ Press Inc, Journals Dept, 2001 Evans Rd, Cary, NC 27513, USA.

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