A Cohort Study of the Effects of Older Adult Care Dependence Upon Household Economic Functioning, in Peru, Mexico and China

Abstract

While links between disability and poverty are well established, there have been few longitudinal studies to clarify direction of causality, particularly among older adults in low and middle income countries. We aimed to study the effect of care dependence among older adult residents on the economic functioning of their households, in catchment area survey sites in Peru, Mexico and China.