Sun Yat-sen University Reports Findings in Dementia (Choice of formal and informal care among community-dwelling older people with or without dementia under a long-term care insurance pilot program in China): Neurodegenerative Diseases and Conditions – Dementia

2024 FEB 07 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Daily China News -- New research on Neurodegenerative Diseases and Conditions - Dementia is the subject of a report. According to news originating from Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China, by NewsRx correspondents, research stated, “This study examines the use of publicly funded formal and informal care among community-dwelling long-term care insurance (LTCI) beneficiaries in China and how dementia differentiates the choice of care. Using administrative data from a LTCI pilot scheme in Guangzhou (n = 2043), we conducted a multinomial logistic regression to examine the association between dementia and the choice of family members (informal unpaid care), domestic helpers (informal paid care) and care workers (formal care), controlling for demographics, living environment and intensity of paid care hours.”

Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from Sun Yat-sen University, “Most LTCI beneficiaries chose a family member (65%), followed by a domestic helper (21%) and a care worker (14%). After controlling for covariates, LTCI beneficiaries with dementia were more likely than their counterparts without dementia to choose care provided by a care worker (RRR: 1.73) or a living-in helper (RRR: 1.43) than a family member. A preference for informal care was observed among LTCI beneficiaries in China. Those with dementia were more likely than those without dementia to use care provided by non-family caregivers.”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “The pilot scheme findings provide further insight into care recipients’ preferences for service utilisation and how dementia impacts these preferences, which should be considered in future policy and service provision.”

This research has been peer-reviewed.

For more information on this research see: Choice of formal and informal care among community-dwelling older people with or without dementia under a long-term care insurance pilot program in China. Australasian Journal on Ageing, 2024. Australasian Journal on Ageing can be contacted at: Wiley, 111 River St, Hoboken 07030-5774, NJ, USA. (Wiley-Blackwell - http://www.wiley.com/; Australasian Journal on Ageing - http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1741-6612)

The news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained from Wing-Kit Chan, Center for Chinese Public Administration Research, School of Government, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China. Additional authors for this research include Cheng Shi and Jianwei Yang.

The publisher’s contact information for the Australasian Journal on Ageing is: Wiley, 111 River St, Hoboken 07030-5774, NJ, USA.

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