Peng Rong, Anstey Kaarin J
National Economics Research Center, Guangdong University of Finance and Economics, Guangzhou, China.
University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Australas J Ageing. 2019 Jun;38(2):98-106. doi: 10.1111/ajag.12613. Epub 2019 Feb 27.
To explore the factors associated with informal care provision by older Australians.
Longitudinal cohorts of the Personality and Total Health Through Life project (PATH) were used to build a generalised estimating equation model.
Older adults who are engaged in volunteer and religious activities are 27.6% and 33.8%, respectively, more likely to provide informal care than their counterparts who are not engaged in these activities. Older adults who formerly provided care are four times more likely to have a continued caregiving role than their counterparts who did not formerly provide care. Those in marriage-type relationships are 50.9% more likely, and those with primary responsibility for household and income tasks are respectively 28.0% and 31.0% more likely, to provide care than their counterparts.
Personal values for social responsibility and role responsibility are significant predictors of informal care provision by older Australians.
探讨与澳大利亚老年人提供非正式照料相关的因素。
利用“贯穿一生的人格与总体健康”项目（PATH）的纵向队列构建广义估计方程模型。
参与志愿活动和宗教活动的老年人提供非正式照料的可能性分别比未参与这些活动的同龄人高27.6%和33.8%。曾经提供过照料的老年人继续承担照料角色的可能性是未曾提供过照料的同龄人的四倍。处于婚姻关系中的人提供照料的可能性比同龄人高50.9%，承担家庭和收入任务主要责任的人提供照料的可能性分别比同龄人高28.0%和31.0%。
社会责任和角色责任的个人价值观是澳大利亚老年人提供非正式照料的重要预测因素。
