Abstract
As populations age, the prevalence of chronic health conditions and comorbidities rises. While the impact of chronic conditions (CCs) on individuals and health and social systems is well-documented, the effects that older adults with CCs could impose on their families remain underinvestigated. In this paper, we focus on several key family outcomes (income, social benefits, residential mobility, overseas travelling and hospitalisations) in the IDI-derived cohort of over one million family units, and how they are affected by the family composition and characteristics. We identified considerable differences in family outcomes likely affected by the presence of older family members with CCs.