Household characteristics of persons with complex care needs in the community: A preliminary study.

Most households comprised an elderly with a single adult child (N = 47, 30.3%). Mental illness and economic distress overlapped as the most common issues. The mean length of care period was 147.7 days (SD = 120.6). The log-rank test showed that single persons took significantly less time to resolve their primary health issues than elders with single-child households or single-person <65-year-old households.