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Support for informal caregivers
, 2014 FORWORD 1 -- ABSTRACT 2 -- SYNTHESIS 4 -- 1. BACKGROUND 6 -- 2. OBJECTIVES, SCOPE AND METHODS 7 -- 2.1. OBJECTIVES AND SCOPE 7 -- 2.2. METHODS . 7 -- 3. RESULTS OF THE LITERATURE REVIEW: THE COMPLEX ENVIROMENT OF SUPPORT POLICIES FOR INFORMAL CAREGIVERS . 8 -- 3.1. GENERAL CONTEXT IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES 8 -- 3.2. ASSESSING THE SUPPORT MEASURES TO AVOID
Anthierens, Sibyl +11 more
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Horizons and Challenges: An Overview of Strategies for Circular Economy Education in Schools
Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Education is fundamental to preparing future professionals for the transition to a circular economy (CE), and it requires the development of competences from the earliest stages of schooling. Nevertheless, teachers continue to face challenges in integrating the circular economy into classroom practice. This article presents a literature review
Maiara Lais Marcon, Simone Sehnem
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Executive Summary of Work Package 3 on Availability and Choice of Care of the ANCIEN Project. ENEPRI Research Report No. 101, February 2012 [PDF]
, 2012 Work Package 3 on the Availability and Choice of Care of the ANCIEN project aims to document the forces driving the choice of formal and informal care across European countries and to characterise the linkages between the type of care used by dependent ...
Jiminez-Martin, Sergi +2 more
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Who Does Bogotá “Care” for? Care Blocks, Care Workers and the Sustainable Development Goals
Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper critically examines Bogotá's District Care System within the framework of urban social sustainability and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Focusing on the Care Blocks (Manzanas del Cuidado), it employs a mixed‐methods approach—legal analysis, interviews, testimonies, surveys, and InfoCuidado data—to explore the paradox of a
Valentina Montoya‐Robledo +1 more
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Meaningful Self-Reporting Of Quality Of Life In People Living With Dementia [PDF]
, 2007 The aim of this research study is to investigate the hypothesis that people living with dementia can comment meaningfully on their quality of life. A careful literature review revealed that “while it is generally agreed that any appraisal of quality of ...
Sullivan, Julie
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Electrification and Child Work: Direct and Spillover Effects in Ethiopia
Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT While electrification is often promoted for improving adults' labor supply, its effect on child work remains underexplored. Using four waves of Ethiopian panel data, we examine how electrification affects children's work time. By differentiating between households with and without own electricity access within electrified communities, we ...
Theresa Pieper, Thanh‐Tung Nguyen
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PLOS Mental HealthThe role of informal caregiving is associated with various crises and psychological distress, including the caregiver's fear of death and dying. A vast amount of evidence exists on the burden of care related to the psychological distress faced by the ...
Olindah Silaule +2 more
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Crime, Gender and Policing: The Role of Women Officers in Addressing Gender‐Based Violence in India
Systems Research and Behavioral Science, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines whether an increased presence of women in Indian police forces results in enhanced justice for victims of gender‐based crimes and improves the overall effectiveness and responsiveness of the police. It employs focus group discussions and qualitative system dynamics modelling to examine the dynamics of women in law ...
Kandaswamy Paramasivan +3 more
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Informal caregiving for seniors.
Health reports, 2012 Based on data from the 2008/2009 Canadian Community Health Survey-Healthy Aging, this study examines the characteristics of people aged 45 or older who reported caring for a senior. It also describes the nature of the care provided and the positive and negative aspects of caregiving.
Annie, Turner, Leanne, Findlay
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Constructing Difference: Maternal Boundary‐Work in Science‐Based and Natural Mom Groups on Facebook
Symbolic Interaction, EarlyView.Boundary‐work describes the activities of social groups as they seek to differentiate themselves from others to establish credibility, authority, or to protect their interests. While a growing body of literature explores occupational boundary‐work in health care, limited research has focused on how lay actors practice boundary‐work online.
Darryn DiFrancesco
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