AARP Segunda Juventud Assisted Living and Long Term Care Study
AARP Segunda Juventud Assisted Living and Long-Term Care Study Caregiving
few have had any recent experience with LTC in a professional facility. However, many have had someone in their family who required care at home from a family member or friend (33%) or from a health care professional (23%).
26 percent have discussed their preferences regarding LTC services with family members, and 36% have discussed their parents' preferences concerning LTC if needed.
many would be willing to have their children or a family member move in with them if they needed LTC (73%)-or to move in with a child or family member (58%).
68 percent have plans if their parents are no longer able to care for themselves; less than a third of these plans (29%) involve placing a parent in an AL or LTC facility.
45 percent are currently providing care or assistance to a parent. This telephone survey was conducted for AARP by ICR from March 9-20, 2007. For more information, contact Tracy Needham of AARP Knowledge Management at 202-434-6322. (12 pages)
AARP Segunda Juventud Assisted Living and Long-Term Care Study
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(PDF) Few 40-plus Hispanics have planned for the possibility that they might have to enter an assisted-living (AL) or long-term care (LTC) facility, according to this March 2007 AARP survey of 551 age 40+ Hispanics, and if they did need such care, less than half report having the financial means to pay for it. Of those surveyed... 76 percent would prefer to receive any needed LTC services in their homes, either from family or friends (48%) or from a health-care professional (28%).few have had any recent experience with LTC in a professional facility. However, many have had someone in their family who required care at home from a family member or friend (33%) or from a health care professional (23%).
26 percent have discussed their preferences regarding LTC services with family members, and 36% have discussed their parents' preferences concerning LTC if needed.
many would be willing to have their children or a family member move in with them if they needed LTC (73%)-or to move in with a child or family member (58%).
68 percent have plans if their parents are no longer able to care for themselves; less than a third of these plans (29%) involve placing a parent in an AL or LTC facility.
45 percent are currently providing care or assistance to a parent. This telephone survey was conducted for AARP by ICR from March 9-20, 2007. For more information, contact Tracy Needham of AARP Knowledge Management at 202-434-6322. (12 pages)