Open AccessCohort Differences in the Availability of Informal Caregivers: Are the Boomers at Risk?
Author(s) -
Lindsay H. Ryan,
Jacqui Smith,
Toni C. Antonucci,
James S. Jackson
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
the gerontologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.524
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1758-5341
pISSN - 0016-9013
DOI - 10.1093/geront/gnr142
Subject(s) - baby boomers , cohort , gerontology , demography , demographics , cohort study , cohort effect , population ageing , population , medicine , psychology , demographic economics , sociology , economics , pathology
We compare the close family resources of Baby Boomers (BBs) to previous cohorts of older adults at population level and then examine individual-level cohort comparisons of age-related trajectories of informal care availability from midlife into old age.
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