title: Financial Care for Older Adults With Dementia.
abstract: This article describes an examination of the sociodemographic characteristics of adult children, particularly Baby Boomer caregivers, who provide financial care to older parents with dementia. The sample including 1,011adult children dementia caregivers aged 50 to 64 years is selected from a nationally representative sample in the 2010 Health and Retirement Study. Exact logistic regression revealed that race, provision of financial assistance to caregiver children, and the number of their children are significantly associated with financial caregiving of parents. Non-White caregivers are more likely to provide financial care to their parents or parents-in-law with dementia; those who have more children and provide financial assistance to their children are less likely to provide financial care to parents with dementia. The current findings present valuable new information on the sociodemographic characteristics of adult children who provide financial assistance to parents with dementia and inform research, programs, and services on dementia caregiving.
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Sociology, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX, USA.
authors.forename: Xi
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Pan
authors.affiliation: 2 Faculty of Social Work, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
authors.forename: Yeonjung
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: 3 Department of Public Health Sciences, Institute for Engaged Aging, Clemson University, SC, USA.
authors.forename: Cheryl
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dye
authors.affiliation: 4 Greenville Health System, Greenville, SC, USA.
authors.forename: Laurie Theriot
authors.initials: LT
authors.lastname: Roley
mesh_terms: D032721:Adult Children / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003704:Dementia / Q000191:economics* / Q000451:nursing*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014481:United States
keywords: Baby Boomers; adult children caregivers; dementia care; financial assistance; sociodemographic characteristics