EXHIBIT 3.
Informal and formal ADL help received by adults with dementia, unadjusted
| Average total hours of help |
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| Percentage of those who received care from the given helper type |
including zero hour as well as positive hours | including positive hours only | |||||||
| N. of obs | % | 95% CI | N | Mean | 95% CI | N | Mean | 95% CI | |
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| ADL care received from: | |||||||||
| Informal/formal helper | 5,471 | 80.5 | (79.2,81.7) | ||||||
| Informal helper | 5,496 | 50.2 | (48.5,51.9) | 5,496 | 120.5 | (114.4,126.6) | 2,732 | 240.2 | (230.9,249.5) |
| - Spouse | 5,627 | 17.7 | (16.2,19.3) | 5,627 | 43.3 | (38.3,48.3) | 931 | 244.5 | (230.6,258.3) |
| - Adult child | 5,607 | 26.6 | (25.0,28.1) | 5,607 | 41.6 | (38.1,45.1) | 1,503 | 156.7 | (146.6,166.8) |
| Formal helper | 5,657 | 44.3 | (42.3,46.4) | ||||||
| - Nursing home employee | 5,683 | 33.9 | (31.9,35.9) | ||||||
Source. Author’s analysis of data from the 2002–2014 Health and Retirement Study.
Notes. Sample: adults 55+ with dementia and at least one ADL limitation; 3,390 persons and 5,686 person-year observations. Hours from an ADL helper might include hours spent with an IADL help if the ADL helper provided IADL help as well. Hours of help from the nursing home employee were not available; accordingly, numbers related to the hours of help from a formal helper were not estimated and left blank.