Open AccessSibling Deaths, Racial/Ethnic Disadvantage, and Dementia in Later Life
Author(s) -
Hyungmin Cha,
Patricia A. Thomas,
Debra Umberson
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
the journals of gerontology. series b, psychological sciences and social sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.578
H-Index - 150
eISSN - 1758-5368
pISSN - 1079-5014
DOI - 10.1093/geronb/gbab202
Subject(s) - sibling , dementia , ethnic group , demography , gerontology , medicine , health and retirement study , hazard ratio , proportional hazards model , psychology , developmental psychology , confidence interval , disease , surgery , pathology , sociology , anthropology
Sibling loss is understudied in the bereavement and health literature. The present study considers whether experiencing the death of siblings in mid-to-late life is associated with subsequent dementia risk and how differential exposure to sibling losses by race/ethnicity may contribute to racial/ethnic disparities in dementia risk.