As a concept, social exclusion has considerable potential to explain and respond to
disadvantage in later life. However, in the context of ageing populations, the construct …

Background: The provision of home-based care for frail older adults in Italy and Israel is
predominately provided by live-in migrant care workers (MCWs). However, despite the …

Background Unmet care needs are usually defined in terms of receiving sufficient help in
instrumental activities and activities of daily living. Research on unmet needs is mostly …

Living alone has been indicated as a key variable to explain loneliness in older adults. In
contemporary society, where technology has become one of the main means of …

Objective: Our article aims to investigate changes in the rate of informal care provision,
which occurred in Israel and Italy in the last decade. In addition, we analyze typology and …

Social innovations in long-term care (LTC) may be useful in more effective responses to the
challenges of population aging for Western societies. One of the most investigated aspects …

In countries with prevalent family care and less developed care services, it is important to
understand the ways families cope with the care needs of their frail family members as part …

This report uses EU-SILC data for 2016 to examine differences by social risk group and
social class in access to care services–specifically, childcare and home care for people with …

International comparisons of long-term care (LTC) are hampered by inconsistencies in how
to define the need for care. This is especially relevant for the European Union, whose Aging …

Research has shown that health status and self-rated health (SRH) are correlated not only
with age and gender but also with socioeconomic determinants, such as income, education …