Primary Family Caregivers’ Intentions to Use Long-Term Care Facilities for Older Adults: Differences by Family Relationship

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The aim is to investigate factors influencing family caregivers' intentions to use long-term care facilities for older adults based on their relationship to the elderly individual.
Sample of 795 primary family caregivers of older adults aged 65 and over.
Caregivers categorised by relationship: spouse, daughter, son, daughter-in-law.
Logistic regression analyses identify associations between intentions and Andersen's health service utilization model factors.
72% of caregivers expressed intention to use long-term care facilities, with variations by relationship type.
Lowest intention observed in spouses (61%), highest in daughters-in-law (84%).
Key factors influencing intentions varied: predisposing factors affected daughters and daughters-in-law; enabling factors impacted all groups; need factors significantly affected spouses and daughters-in-law.

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Examines family caregivers' intentions to use long-term care facilities, revealing variable influences by relationship type.

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