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The Gerontologist, Vol 35, Issue 6 803-813, Copyright © 1995 by The Gerontological Society of America
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BS Harrow, SL Tennstedt and JB McKinlay
New England Research Institutes, Watertown, MA 02172, USA.
This article describes the total cost of care, including both informal caregiving and formal services for a cohort of disabled elderly living in the community. The cost of informal caregiving hours was calculated using a market value approach. The total annual cost of caring was estimated to be $9,600. Increased disability was associated with increased costs. High-cost elders were more likely to be severely disabled, live with their caregiver, and become institutionalized. For most elders, even the cost of a complete substitution of informal care for formal services, plus living expenses, was less costly than nursing home care.
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