Utilization of Long-Term Care by an Aging Population [PDF]
, 2018 In this brief, authors Reagan Baughman and Jon Hurdelbrink examine the relationship between macroeconomic conditions, as measured by the national unemployment rate, and utilization of long-term care, as measured by respondents’ reports in the Health and ...
Baughma, Reagan, Hurdelbrink, Jon
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Transitions to informal care in Great Britain during the 1990s [PDF]
, 2002 Objectives: To estimate annual changes and trends in the population of informal carers and to investigate transitions to caregiving by age, gender, locus of care, and level of involvement.
Hirst, Michael Anthony
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Rationed Care: Assessing the Support Needs of Informal Carers in English Social Services Authorities [PDF]
, 2002 The passing of the Carers (Recognition and Services Act) 1995 was a step forward in trying to ensure that people who provide informal care to disabled, sick or elderly relatives or friends are properly recognised and properly supported.
Arksey, H
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Willingness to pay for informal care in France: the value of funding support interventions for caregivers [PDF]
, 2014 Objectives: This article aims to assess the relationship between the monetary value of informal care - approximated with the caregiver's willingness to pay to reduce caregiving time - and the caregiver's need of three types of support services: care ...
Chloé Gervès-Pinquié +2 more
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Modelling Social Care Provision in An Agent-Based Framework with Kinship Networks [PDF]
, 2019 Current demographic trends in the UK include a fast-growing elderly population and dropping birth rates, and demand for social care amongst the aged is rising. The UK depends on informal social care -- family members or friends providing care -- for some
Gostoli, Umberto, Silverman, Eric
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Out-of-pocket payments for health care services in Bulgaria: financial burden and barrier to access.
, 2012 BACKGROUND: In recent years, Bulgaria has increasingly relied on out-of-pocket payments as one of the main sources of health care financing. However, it is largely unknown whether the official patient charges, combined with informal payments, are ...
Atanasova, Elka +4 more
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Costs of formal and informal care at home for people with dementia: ‘expert panel’ opinions from staff and informal carers [PDF]
, 2016 Effective home support in dementia is key in delaying nursing home admission. However, home support is frequently not tailored to the individual needs of people with dementia.
Allen C. +9 more
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Mutual benefit, added value? Doing research in the National Health Service [PDF]
, 2011 The National Health Service (NHS) has recently been the focus of government efforts to retain pharmaceutical research in the UK. Efforts to foster new partnerships between health care providers and industry have been framed with suggestions that clinical
Will, Catherine M
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A model for supply of informal care to elderly parents [PDF]
This paper presents a model of informal care to parents. We assume that the child participates in the labour market and gains in utility from consumption and leisure.
Fevang, Elisabeth +2 more
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Informal Caring and Labour Market Outcomes Within England and Wales [PDF]
This paper focuses on the links between informal care provision and labour market activity at the sub-national level. Within-country analysis of this issue has been very limited to date despite the wide regional variations in informal care provision that
Drinkwater, Stephen
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