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Understanding how alcohol use among caregivers relates to abusive and neglectful behaviors (ANBs) toward care recipients with dementia may inform interventions to improve the well-being of both.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Objective<\/jats:title>To explore alcohol use patterns among family caregivers of relatives with dementia and investigate whether hazardous drinking and drinking on a given day are independently associated with increased odds of ANBs toward care recipients.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Design, Setting, and Participants<\/jats:title>This microlongitudinal cohort study included a baseline survey and 21 days of daily diary surveys among a convenience sample of family caregivers aged 18 years or older who coresided with and provided unpaid care to a community-dwelling relative with dementia across the US. Enrollment was from October 2019 to February 2023.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Exposures<\/jats:title>Hazardous drinking at baseline, identified by the Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test\u2013Consumption screening tool, and daily alcohol consumption recorded in daily diary surveys.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Main Outcomes and Measures<\/jats:title>Daily reports assessed engagement in physically aggressive, psychologically aggressive, and\/or neglectful behaviors toward care recipients, categorized as binary outcomes. A generalized linear mixed model examined associations between caregivers\u2019 baseline hazardous drinking status and daily alcohol use and odds of ANBs.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Results<\/jats:title>Of 453 family caregivers (394 of 451 [87.4%] female; mean [SD] age, 51.6 [14.0] years), 82 (18.1%) screened positive for hazardous drinking. Over the 21-day period, 38 (8.4%) consumed alcohol at least once and 341 (75.3%) engaged in abusive or neglectful behavior at least once. Baseline hazardous drinking was associated with higher odds of engaging in neglectful behaviors (odds ratio [OR], 2.89; 95% CI, 1.74-4.80; P<\/jats:italic>\u2009&amp;lt;\u2009.001) and psychologically aggressive behaviors (OR, 2.32; 95% CI, 1.28-4.19; P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009.006). Any alcohol use on a given day was associated with greater odds of physically aggressive (OR, 2.32; 95% CI, 1.10-4.88; P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009.03) and neglectful (OR, 1.66; 95% CI, 1.31-2.10; P<\/jats:italic>\u2009&amp;lt;\u2009.001) behaviors on the same day. 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