The Unmet Need for Care: Vulnerability Among Older Adults

Authors

Rebecca K. Glauber, University of New HampshireFollow
Melissa Day, University of New HampshireFollow

Abstract

In this brief, authors Rebecca Glauber and Melissa Day explore factors that exacerbate the unmet need for care among the noninstitutionalized older population and seek to deter­mine who is likely to need care but go without. They find that unmarried individuals and those who live alone are more likely than others to need care but not receive it. These older adults are frail, have difficulty meet­ing their daily needs, and do not have family members or friends to whom to turn in times of need. This group of vulnerable older adults requires an array of social supports.

Publication Date

Spring 4-12-2016

Series

National Issue Brief No. 98

Publisher

Durham, N.H. : Carsey School of Public Policy, University of New Hampshire

Document Type

Article

Recommended Citation

Glauber, Rebecca K. and Day, Melissa, "The Unmet Need for Care: Vulnerability Among Older Adults" (2016). The Carsey School of Public Policy at the Scholars' Repository. 269.
https://scholars.unh.edu/carsey/269

Rights

Copyright 2016. Carsey School of Public Policy. These materials may be used for the purposes of research, teaching, and private study. For all other uses, contact the copyright holder.

DOI

https://dx.doi.org/10.34051/p/2020.259