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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 +3 more
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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 +5 more
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eEmergency health care information systems [PDF]
2011 Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2011 In this paper we provide an overview of the way that information and communication technologies have been used for emergency healthcare support. The paper provides a literature review of case studies exploring information systems for monitoring signals, images, medical videos, as well as information protocols used during emergency health care support ...
Kyriacou, Efthyvoulos C. +9 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 +4 more
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The use of informal care by people with vision impairment. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2018 PurposeTo estimate and characterize the use of informal care by people with vision impairment in Portugal.MethodsA total of 546 visually impaired individuals were recruited from Portuguese hospitals. Clinical information was obtained from medical records,
Ana Patricia Marques +7 more
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Costs of Informal Care for People Suffering from Dementia: Evidence from a Danish Survey
Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders Extra, 2011 Background/Aims: Around 70,000–80,000 Danes suffer from dementia. As average life expectancy increases, the number of people suffering from dementia is expected to increase in the future with informal care provided by family and friends becoming more ...
Marie Jakobsen +4 more
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Lone parents and informal childcare: A tax credit childcare subsidy? [PDF]
, 2006 The Labour government aims to increase the lone parent employment rate to 70 per cent by 2010. To achieve this aim, it has introduced a state subsidy for childcare in the form of the childcare element of the Working Tax Credit.
Finch, Naomi, Skinner, Christine
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Dignity of informal caregivers of migrant patients in the last phase of life: a qualitative study
BMC Palliative Care, 2021 Background A key aim of palliative care is to improve the quality of life of patients and their families. To help ensure quality of life for the families of patients with migrant backgrounds, this study sought insights into the dignity of informal ...
X. de Voogd +4 more
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The Wage Elasticity of Informal Care Supply: Evidence from the Health and Retirement Study [PDF]
, 2012 This article focuses on the wage elasticity of informal care supply to elderly parents employing an instrumental variable approach to account for the fact that the wage rate is likely to be correlated with omitted variables.
Nizalova, Olena
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