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  • National Long Term Care Survey: 1982, 1984, 1989

    Investigators: Center for Demographic Studies United States Department of Health and Human Services Health Care Financing Administration

    Publication Date: March 23, 2016

National Long Term Care Survey: 1982, 1984, 1989 National Long Term Care Survey: 1982, 1984, 1989

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The National Long Term Care Survey is a longitudinal study designed to provide information about the population of chronically disabled elderly persons in the United States. It was the first major nationally representative survey that dealt explicitly with the health and functional problems of the disabled elderly who live in the community, the formal and informal home long term care options available to meet the problems of the impaired elderly, and the ability to interchange home and institutional services for a specific population. The first three waves of interviews (1982, 1984, and 1989) were conducted with nationally representative sample of 30,308 persons age 65 or over who reported having a chronic functional impairment, defined as being unable to perform an activity of daily living (ADL) or an instrumental activity of daily living (IADL) for three months or more. Data were collected on a number of topics including cognitive ability, medical conditions, problems and help received for ADLs and IADLs, housing, health insurance, medical providers, income and assets, and personal characteristics. In addition, the 1989 wave collected extensive data from informal caregivers, unpaid caregivers who help the sample person with ADL or IADL activities. Topics covered in the survey of informal caregivers included demographic and social characteristics of the caregiver, the relationship between the caregiver and the impaired person, the kinds of care provided, expense and time costs to the caregiver, inconveniences and problems of the caregiver, work restrictions due to caregiving, and the caregivers feeling about caregiving.
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  • 7,454 variables
  • 30,308 subjects
  • Raw Data, SPSS and SAS Program Statements, Instruments & Codebooks
  • User’s Guide to the Machine-Readable Files
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