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Intensive grandchild caregiving

Exposure

1 paper1 finding

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  • 1 lab in 1 country
  • Funder: National Natural Science Foundation of China
  • Humans1

Outcomes

1

Dementia

no changein humans1

1 study

  1. Intensive grandchild caregiving has no effect on dementia in humans.

    “Neither intensive grandchild caregiving nor having no grandchildren was associated with dementia odds”

    Humansintensive caregivers (≥40 hours per week)≥40 hours per week2013 to 2018n = 10,058

    Caring for Grandchildren and Dementia Among Older Adults in China

    JAMA network open1 Jul 2025

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