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Unpaid care, welfare conditionality and expropriation [PDF]
Gender, Work & Organization, 2021 AbstractWelfare conditionality where social security payments are conditional on recipients undertaking tasks such as training, submitting job applications and taking part in “work‐like” activities, is an enduring punitive feature of contemporary welfare provision in global North economics.
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Unpaid caregiving and stress among older working-age men and women in Sweden
SSM: Population Health, 2023 Many individuals are experiencing the potentially stressful combination of providing care while still employed. In this study, the association between unpaid caregiving to another adult and self-reported stress among men and women aged 45–74 is ...
Maria Stanfors, Josephine Jacobs
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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 +1 more
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Review of the international evidence on support for unpaid carers
Journal of Long-Term Care, 2018 Globally and locally, ongoing demographic, sociocultural and economic changes have implications for unpaid carers. For those who provide unpaid care, particularly at higher intensities, there is substantial evidence of negative effects on employment ...
Nicola Brimblecombe +4 more
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National Journal of Physiology, Pharmacy and PharmacologyBackground: Worldwide women spend 4.5 h daily on unpaid work while men spend about half of that time. Aims and Objectives: The aims and objectives of the study are to estimate the time spent by both men and women on the various types of unpaid care ...
Deodatt M Suryawanshi +5 more
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Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Therapeutic apheresis (TA) is an established treatment modality for hematologic, neurologic, and immunologic disorders, yet access remains severely limited in sub‐Saharan Africa. Donor apheresis, including platelet apheresis collection from healthy donors, represents an important complementary modality supporting blood product ...
Nosa Bazuaye +33 more
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Gender differences in unpaid care work and psychological distress in the UK Covid-19 lockdown.
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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Design and analysis strategies for robust microbiome ageing research
FEBS Letters, EarlyView.The gut microbiome changes with age and associates with age‐related morbidity and mortality, establishing it as a potential biomarker and intervention target for ageing. Realising this potential requires methodological rigour, yet distinguishing biological signals from methodological artefacts remains challenging across cohorts. This review provides an
Mark Olenik +5 more
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Engineering peptides into antibodies—opportunities and strategies for therapeutic innovation
FEBS Letters, EarlyView.Peptides and antibodies occupy complementary therapeutic niches. Peptides recognize difficult targets in a compact format, while antibodies add specificity, long half‐life, and effector functions. This review examines strategies that merge both modalities—peptide grafting into loops, terminal and Fc fusions, and bioconjugation—highlighting how ...
Jinling Wang +2 more
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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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