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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Health Aff (Millwood). 2015 Oct 1;34(10):1642–1649. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2015.0536

Exhibit 1.

Assistance With Activities Received By Adults Ages Sixty-Five And Older Not Residing In A Nursing Home, By Dementia Status, 2011

Dementia No dementia All
All older adults

Number (millions) 3.6 33.4 37.0
Percent 9.7% 90.3% 100.0%
Type of assistance
Any self-care activities 53.1% 10.7%*** 14.9%
Any household activities 73.9 17.0*** 22.7
Self-care or household activities 77.2 20.3%*** 26.1

Older adults receiving help

Number (millions) 2.8 6.9 9.7
Percent 28.9% 71.1% 100.0%
Level of assistance for people receiving help
3 or more self-care activities 39.8% 14.4%*** 22.0%
1–2 self-care activities 29.0 38.0 35.4
Household activities only 31.2 47.5 42.7

SOURCE Authors’ analysis of data from the 2011 National Health and Aging Trends Study. NOTES Analyses were weighted to produce nationally representative estimates. There were 7,609 people in the study, representing 37.0 million older adults; 1,038 people in the study who were classified as having dementia, representing 3.6 million older adults; 2,423 people in the study who received assistance with self-care or household activities, representing 9.7 million older adults; and 830 in the study who received assistance and were classified as having dementia, representing 2.8 million older adults. Self-care activities are bathing, dressing, eating, using the toilet, getting out of bed, and getting around inside one’s home or building. Household activities are doing laundry, preparing hot meals, shopping for personal items, paying bills or doing banking, and handling medications. Assistance includes any help with self-care or household activities for health or functioning reasons.

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p < 0.01