Friedman Esther M, Shih Regina A, Langa Kenneth M, Hurd Michael D
Esther M. Friedman (
Regina A. Shih is a senior behavioral and social scientist at the RAND Corporation.
Health Aff (Millwood). 2015 Oct;34(10):1637-41. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2015.0510.
In 2010, 5.5 million US adults ages seventy and older received informal care, including 3.6 million with cognitive impairment or probable dementia. Adults with probable dementia received 171 hours of monthly informal care, versus 89 and 66 hours for cognitively impaired without dementia and cognitively normal adults, respectively.
2010年，550万70岁及以上的美国成年人接受了非正式护理，其中360万患有认知障碍或可能患有痴呆症。可能患有痴呆症的成年人每月接受171小时的非正式护理，而没有痴呆症的认知障碍成年人和认知正常的成年人分别为89小时和66小时。
