The high cost of unpaid care by young people:health and economic impacts of providing unpaid care [PDF]
BMC Public Health, 2020 Background Many countries worldwide have experienced reductions in provision of formal long-term care services amidst rising need for care. Provision of unpaid care, meanwhile, has grown. This includes care provided by young people. Care responsibilities
Nicola Brimblecombe +4 more
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The 'visibility' of unpaid care in England. [PDF]
J Soc Work (Lond), 2016 Summary Social work practice is increasingly concerned with support not just for service users but also for unpaid carers. A key aspect of practice is the assessment of carers’ needs. The Government has recently passed legislation that will widen eligibility for carers’ assessments and remove the requirement that carers must be providing a substantial ...
Pickard L, King D, Knapp M.
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Gender differences in unpaid care work and psychological distress in the UK Covid-19 lockdown. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2021 ObjectiveTo describe how men and women divided childcare and housework demands during the height of the first Covid-19 lockdown in the UK, and whether these divisions were associated with worsening mental health during the pandemic.BackgroundSchool ...
Baowen Xue, Anne McMunn
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Gendered impact of COVID-19 containment measures on unpaid care work and mental health in Europe: a scoping review protocol [PDF]
BMJ Open, 2022 Introduction Women are more likely than men to provide unpaid care work. Previous research has shown that lack of support for various forms of unpaid care work and work-family conflicts have negative impacts on caregivers’ mental health, especially among
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, 2018 This POSTnote looks at the numbers of unpaid carers across the UK, and the amount and type of care provided. It examines the impacts of providing unpaid care on carers' education, employment, finances, health and wellbeing, and personal and social relationships.
Aine Kelly, Caroline Kenny
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Use and costs of services and unpaid care for people with mild‐to‐moderate dementia: Baseline results from the IDEAL cohort study [PDF]
Alzheimer’s & Dementia: Translational Research & Clinical Interventions, 2019 Introduction We examined 3‐month service use and costs of care for people with mild‐to‐moderate dementia in Great Britain. Methods We analyzed Improving the experience of Dementia and Enhancing Active Life cohort study baseline data on paid care, out‐of ...
Catherine Henderson +17 more
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Global Inequities in Unpaid Cancer Caregiving: A Systematic Review and Exploratory Meta‐Analysis of Time and Cost Burden [PDF]
Cancer MedicineBackground Unpaid caregiving is a critical but often under‐recognised component of the cancer care continuum. As cancer prevalence rises globally, particularly in lower‐income countries, quantifying the time and economic burden of unpaid caregiving ...
Lan Gao +6 more
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Caring is not always sharing: A scoping review exploring how COVID-19 containment measures have impacted unpaid care work and mental health among women and men in Europe. [PDF]
PLoS ONEIntroductionUnpaid care work is mainly performed by women, whose mental health is more affected by caregiving burden and work-family conflict compared to men.
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Intersecting inequities: a scoping review of the gendered relationship between unpaid care work and intimate partner violence during the COVID-19 lockdown in Canada [PDF]
Global Health ActionBackground While there is now extensive research on how COVID-19 lockdowns negatively affected unpaid care burdens and intimate partner violence (IPV), the structural determinants shaping both experiences are less well understood.
Alexandra Beukens, Julia Smith
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Social Sciences, 2018 Sharing responsibilities for paid work and unpaid care between men and women is recognised as one of the challenges that Western countries face in the 21st century.
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