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FIGURE 2-2: Prevalence of Depressive Symptoms, by Dementia Status.FIGURE 2-1: Distribution of Chronic Conditions among Older Adults with and without Dementia.FIGURE 1-9: Distribution of Living Arrangements among Older Adults with and without Dementia.FIGURE 1-8: Selected Asset Type Ownership by Dementia Status.FIGURE 1-7: Income Distribution among Older Adults with and without Dementia.FIGURE 1-6: Dementia Prevalence by Educational Attainment and Age.FIGURE 1-5: Dementia Prevalence by Marital Status and Age.FIGURE 1-4: Dementia Prevalence by Race/Ethnicity and Age.FIGURE 1-3: Dementia Prevalence by Gender and Age.FIGURE 1-2: Age-specific Dementia Prevalence.FIGURE 1-1: Population Size by Dementia Status.INFORMAL CAREGIVER ASSISTANCE TO OLDER ADULTS WITH DEMENTIA HEALTH STATUS OF INFORMAL CAREGIVERS OF OLDER ADULTS WITH DEMENTIAĬHAPTER 6. POPULATION AND SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS OF INFORMAL CAREGIVERS OF OLDER ADULTS WITH DEMENTIAĬHAPTER 5. CARE RECEIVED BY OLDER ADULTS WITH DEMENTIAĬHAPTER 4. HEALTH STATUS OF OLDER ADULTS WITH DEMENTIAĬHAPTER 3. POPULATION AND SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS OF OLDER ADULTSĬHAPTER 2. They do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of Health and Human Services, the contractor or any other funding organization.ĬHAPTER 1. Thus, the estimates for the dementia population presented in this chartbook were primarily based on the population of community-dwelling older adults who had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease or dementia, or with middle or late-stage dementia.ĭISCLAIMER: The opinions and views expressed in this report are those of the authors. This was a conservative definition, because individuals with mild cognitive impairment or those with early stages of dementia (i.e., individuals with possible dementia) are likely to be classified as not having dementia. For the purposes of this chartbook, only individuals who met the criteria for the NHATS dementia classification of "probable dementia" were considered to have dementia. Older adults living in community settings were defined as individuals who were aged 65 or older living outside of nursing homes. This chartbook uses nationally representative data from the National Health and Aging Trends Study (NHATS) and the National Study on Caregiving (NSOC) to describe older adults living in community settings with dementia, the type and amount of care they received, the characteristics of their informal caregivers, and the impact of caregiving on their informal caregivers. Printer Friendly Version in PDF Format (54 PDF pages)ĪSPE has an interest in understanding the national profile of older adults with dementia and their caregivers. Department of Health and Human Services January 2019 Winnie Chi, PhD, Emily Graf, BA, Landon Hughes, BA, Jean Hastie, MPH, Galina Khatutsky, MS, Sari B.
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