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Home Care Reform in the Netherlands. Impacts on Unpaid Care [PDF]

, 2009
Introduction In the Netherlands, about half a million people make use of home care, that is, formally arranged, and publicly financed home care services.
Staveren, I.P. (Irene) van
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Unpaid Care: Global Growth and Policies for Sustainability [PDF]

, 2020
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development of 2015, endorsed by the United Nations, details 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). The purpose of these goals is to address global challenges faced by nation states, including inequality. The fifth goal (SDG 5) is to “achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls” and target 5.4 specifically ...
Oldridge, L, Larkin, M
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Utilisation of Personal Care Services in Scotland: the Influence of Unpaid Carers

International Journal of Population Data Science, 2019
Scotland is unique in its collection of routine data for all individuals in receipt of social care services. This care encompasses home and personal care services, down to telecare and meals services. As the Scottish population continues to age and local
Elizabeth Lemmon
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The scope of carer effects and their inclusion in decision-making: a UK-based Delphi study

BMC Health Services Research, 2021
Background and objective Health and social care may affect unpaid (family) carers’ health and wellbeing in addition to patients’ lives. It is recommended that such impacts (carer effects) are considered in decision-making.
Hareth Al-Janabi, Nikolaos Efstathiou, Carol McLoughlin, Melanie Calvert, Jan Oyebode   +4 more
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Involving underrepresented groups: How unpaid carers influenced our data analysis

International Journal of Population Data Science, 2023
Objectives The recent census found that five million people in England and Wales provide unpaid care. With social services struggling, unpaid carers face increasing pressure.
Anna Lawrence-Jones, Jodie Chan, Evgeniy Galimov, Roberto Fernandez Crespo, Sandeep Prashar, Clare McCrudden, Thomas Lewis, Shereen Aloysius, Jacob Oguntimehin, Rachel McCarthy, Helena Gavrielides, Melanie Leis, Alex Bottle, Matthew Chisambi   +13 more
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Caregiving time costs and trade-offs: Gender differences in Sweden, the UK, and Canada

SSM: Population Health, 2019
Population ageing is putting pressure on pension systems and health care services, creating an imperative to extend working lives. At the same time, policy makers throughout Europe and North America are trying to expand the use of home care over ...
Maria Stanfors, Josephine C. Jacobs, Jeffrey Neilson   +2 more
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Factor structure and construct validity of the Adult Social Care Outcomes Toolkit for Carers (ASCOT-Carer) [PDF]

, 2015
Background: The ASCOT-Carer is a self-report instrument designed to measure social care-related quality of life (SCRQoL). This article presents the psychometric testing and validation of the ASCOT-Carer four response-level interview (INT4) in a sample of
A Bowling, A Camden, AK Ekwall, Ann P. Netten, AP Netten, B Robinson, B Schoenmakers, C Cohen, C Mockford, C Quinn, C Quinn, CL White, D Potoglou, Department of Health, Department of Health, Department of Health, Department of Health, DL Streiner, E Courtin, E Moniz-Cook, ETP Heuvel Van den, G Willis, GJ Molloy, H Al-Janabi, H Al-Janabi, J Cortina, J Harden, J Malley, JE Gaugler, JN Morris, Julien E. Forder, Juliette N. Malley, K Harvey, L Cronbach, L Cronbach, L Hu, L Kitrungrote, LP McKeown, M Evans, M Hughes, M Naiditch, MI Zegwaard, N Greenwood, OECD, PL Hudson, R Brooks, R Romero-Moreno, R Schulz, R Schulz, RB Kline, RD Hays, S Bridges, S Rand, S Sorensen, SI Reed, Stacey E. Rand, The EuroQol Group, U Stenberg   +57 more
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Understanding Health Trajectories among Unpaid Carers in the United Kingdom

Journal of Long-Term Care, 2022
Context: There is very little research on the impact of caring on physical health, and the evidence that exists is mixed. There is also lack of evidence on the role of other factors including both socio-economic factors and the role played by care ...
Javiera Cartagena Farias, Nicola Brimblecombe   +1 more
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The Unpaid Care Work-Paid Work Connection [PDF]

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2008
In order to provide a coherent perspective of gender differences in the world of work, this paper argues, the many intersections of paid and unpaid work must be brought to light. It is well documented that gender-based wage differentials and occupational segregation continue to characterize the division of labor among men and women in paid work.
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Unpaid and Paid Care: The Effects of Child Care and Elder Care on the Standard of Living [PDF]

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2011
ABSTRACT Transforming care for children and the elderly from a private to a public domain engenders a series of benefits to the economy that improve our standard of living. We assess the positive impacts of social care from both receivers’ and providers’ points of view. The benefits to care receivers are various, ranging from private, higher returns to
Kijong Kim, Rania Antonopoulos
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