Aging & Caregiving Studies

Key findings used in wiki

• The 2019 TV Monitoring Project analyzed 15 popular prime-time shows; depictions of caregiving for an older adult most often featured health care providers, not family members.
• The fourth season of This Is Us included a storyline about Rebecca Pearson's memory decline and a family conflict over her participation in a clinical trial for Alzheimer's disease.
• A survey of 720 viewers assessed perceptions of her sons Kevin and Randall's divergent plans for her care, and the storyline's influence on viewers' intent to plan for their own aging.