Coresidence Matters: Family Caregivers’ Willingness to Utilize Institutional Care Under South Korea’s Long-Term Care Insurance System

Seung-Eun Cha, Kyungmin Kim, YongJoo Rhee, Department of Child and Family Welfare, The University of Suwon, Republic of Korea, Department of Child Development and Family Studies, College of Human Ecology, Seoul National University, Republic of Korea, Integrated Major in Regional Studies and Spatial Analytics, Seoul National University, Republic of Korea, Department of Health Science, Dongduk Women, s University, Republic of Korea

Journal of Applied Gerontology

Published online on June 10, 2026

Abstract

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This study investigated family caregivers’ willingness to utilize institutional care under South Korea’s Long-Term Care Insurance. Using data drawn from 1,369 family caregivers (including spouses and adult children) in the2019 Korean Long-Term Care ...