activities of daily living, definition of, 2, 6–7

ADL. See activities of daily living

adult children, 5, 17, 20, 35, 46, 69, 113, 130, 136, 138

AHEAD. See Assets and Health Dynamics of the Oldest Old

Assets and Health Dynamics of the Oldest Old, 4, 29–33

baby boomers, 3–4, 69, 131, 140–141, 143

BMI. See body mass index

body mass index, 39, 49

care network, 2, 8–9, 14, 24–25, 27, 31, 33–34, 40, 43, 45–46, 52–53, 56, 89–103, 111–112, 136, 138, 142, 144

caregiver, 12–15, 17, 22–23, 25, 34–35, 40–45, 49, 51–52, 55, 60, 71, 90, 97, 100, 102–103, 105–146

casemix, 7, 14, 32, 48–51, 64, 71, 94, 97, 116, 134–135

cohort, 4–6, 14, 19–21, 26, 29–31, 63, 100–102, 131, 135, 139

competing demands, 16, 74, 137

cultural differences, 22–23, 47

cumulative disadvantage, 146

demographic transition, 63

education, 14, 36, 46, 47

elderly, 5

employment. See work status

fictive kin, 22

formal care, 35, 40, 43, 52, 56, 75–86, 90, 97, 100, 102, 111–112, 118, 123–124, 135–136

functional limitations, 6–7

gender differences, 22

general health status, 49

Health and Retirement Study, 4, 29–34, 52

advantages, 31

limitations, 31–33

RAND, 30, 48

response rates, 30

study sample, 33–34

hot-deck imputation, 44–45

hours of care, 14, 34–35, 43–45, 54–56, 105–131, 136–141

HRS. See Health and Retirement Study

IADL. See instrumental activities of daily living