Mapping the Caregiver Experience: Predicting Dimensions of Caregiver Strain Through Task-Based Profiles
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Author(s)
Brady, Samantha
Ashebir, Sophia
D’Ambrosio, Lisa
Balmuth, Alexa
Felts, Adam
Lee, Chaiwoo
Date Issued
January 2026
Journal
Research on Aging
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Citation
Brady, S., Ashebir, S., D’Ambrosio, L., Balmuth, A., Felts, A., & Lee, C. (2026). Mapping the Caregiver Experience: Predicting Dimensions of Caregiver Strain Through Task-Based Profiles. Research on Aging, 48(1), 3-14.
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Abstract
Objective: Family caregiving is a prevalent, diverse, and often challenging experience. We develop caregiving activity profiles to better understand how sets of care-tasks contribute to various aspects of strain.
Methods: Using diary data from a survey of 213 family caregivers in the U.S., we perform latent class analysis to group commonly occurring care-related tasks into activity profiles. We then use these classifications to predict physical, financial, and emotional strain.
Main Findings: We identified 4 unique activity profiles based on a set of 36 daily caregiving activities performed. Activity profiles varied significantly across the three analyzed strain dimensions.
Conclusion: Activity profiles present opportunities to better understand how caregiving tasks are related to specific types kinds of caregiving strain.
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Center for Transportation & Logistics
AgeLab (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Urban Studies and Planning
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https://doi.org/10.1177/01640275251334408
