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Changing Trends and the Effectiveness of Informal Care Among Rural Elderly Adults in China

SAGE Open, 2023
The economic and social transformation of rural areas, coupled with the decline of family-based elderly care and increasing health risks, necessitates in-depth research on the effectiveness of informal care for rural elderly adults.
Lianjie Wang, Yao Tang
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Informal child care and adolescent psychological well-being: Hong Kong's "Children of 1997" birth cohort. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2015
Informal child care (child care by untrained family members, relatives or employees in the home) in Western populations is often associated with poorer psychological well-being, which may be confounded by socioeconomic position.
Cherry Y Leung, Gabriel M Leung, C Mary Schooling   +2 more
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Community Care and the Care Transition in the Netherlands

Journal of Social Intervention, 2016
“Community care” en de zorgtransitie in Nederland De transitie in de gezondheidszorg in Nederland is al jaren een centraal thema in de politiek en het maatschappelijke debat.
Ymke Kelders, Sanne ten Hoeve, Rick Kwekkeboom, Yvette Wittenberg, Stefanie van Zal, Linda Schmale   +5 more
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Characteristics and well-being of urban informal home care providers during COVID-19 pandemic: a population-based study

BMJ Open, 2020
Objectives Globally, the COVID-19 pandemic has overwhelmed many healthcare systems, which has hampered access to routine clinical care during lockdowns.
Kevin KC Hung, Samuel YS Wong, Nina Gobat, Jean H Kim, Emily YY Chan, Eugene SK Lo, Zhe Huang, Heidi Hung, Eliza LY Wong   +8 more
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The relationship between formal and informal care among Chinese older adults: based on the 2014 CLHLS dataset

BMC Health Services Research, 2019
Background The substitute or complementary effect of formal care on informal care service used by the elderly has been tested in Western countries. However, this effect is excluded from the discussion in the Chinese context.
Wenyi LIN
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Shadow and extended shadow cost sharing associated to informal long-term care: the case of Spain

Health Economics Review, 2020
Background A large part of the long-term care is provided by non-professional caregivers, generally without any monetary payment but a value economic of time invested.
Raúl Del Pozo-Rubio, Pablo Moya-Martínez, Marta Ortega-Ortega, Juan Oliva-Moreno   +3 more
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Sociodemographic aspects and health care-related outcomes: a latent class analysis of informal dementia care dyads

BMC Health Services Research, 2021
Background Studies revealed the importance to assess dementia care dyads, composed of persons with dementia and their primary informal caregivers, in a differentiated way and to tailor support services to particular living and care circumstances ...
Henrik Wiegelmann, Karin Wolf-Ostermann, Werner Brannath, Farhad Arzideh, Jan Dreyer, Rene Thyrian, Liane Schirra-Weirich, Lisa Verhaert   +7 more
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Is the Availability of Informal Care Associated with a Lower Uptake in Formal Home Care? An Application to Personal Care in the Netherlands

Journal of Long-Term Care, 2021
Context: Long-term care (LTC) costs within member countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) are rising steeply, thereby presenting a challenge to the financial sustainability of most LTC systems.
Daisy Duell, Marielle Non, Anne Marieke Braam, Lara Leloup, France Portrait   +4 more
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How staff characteristics influence residential care facility staff’s attitude toward person-centered care and informal care

BMC Nursing, 2021
Background Staff members, and their attitudes, are crucial for providing person-centered care in residential care facilities for people with dementia.
Jogé Boumans, Leonieke van Boekel, Nathalie Kools, Aukelien Scheffelaar, Caroline Baan, Katrien Luijkx   +5 more
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Informal and formal care among persons with dementia immediately before nursing home admission

BMC Geriatrics, 2020
Background Dementia is a care intensive disease, especially in the later stages, implying in many cases a substantial carer burden. This study assesses the use of formal and informal care resources among persons with dementia during the last month before
Arnt Egil Ydstebø, Jurate Šaltytė Benth, Sverre Bergh, Geir Selbæk, Corinna Vossius   +4 more
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