Better State Support for Family Caregivers Linked to Lower Hospitalization Rates Among Older Adults Living With Dementia

Espérance Mutoniwase, Zijing Cheng, Xueya Cai, Yue Li, Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Rochester, Department of Biostatistics and Computational Biology, University of Rochester

Journal of Applied Gerontology

Published online on August 12, 2025

Abstract

Journal of Applied Gerontology, Volume 45, Issue 7, Page 1351-1359, July 2026.
This study examined whether better state LTSS performance in caregiver support (LTSS-CG), independent of LTSS spending, is associated with lower hospitalizations among community-dwelling older adults with dementia. Using Health and Retirement Study data (...