Providing informal care in a changing society

MI Broese van Groenou, A De Boer - European journal of ageing, 2016 - Springer
The ageing of society is leading to significant reforms in long-term care policy and systems
in many European countries. The cutbacks in professional care are increasing demand for …

Examining the social networks of older adults receiving informal or formal care: a systematic review

ISS Ho, K McGill, S Malden, C Wilson, C Pearce… - BMC geriatrics, 2023 - Springer
Purpose To address the care needs of older adults, it is important to identify and understand
the forms of care support older adults received. This systematic review aims to examine the …

Health effects of informal caregiving across Europe: A longitudinal approach

J Kaschowitz, M Brandt - Social Science & Medicine, 2017 - Elsevier
Due to an expected increase of people in need of care, sound knowledge about health
effects of informal care provision is becoming more and more important. Theoretically, there …

Caring for a child with autism spectrum disorder and parents' quality of life: application of the CarerQol

R Hoefman, N Payakachat, J van Exel… - Journal of autism and …, 2014 - Springer
This study describes the impact of caregiving on parents of children with autism spectrum
disorders (ASDs). Secondly, we investigate construct validation of the care-related quality of …

Sibling relationships in adulthood: Research findings and new frontiers

M Gilligan, CM Stocker… - Journal of Family …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Sibling relationships, the longest‐lasting relationships in most people's lives, have been
understudied compared to other family relationships. The goal of this review is to increase …

Caregiving to older adults: Determinants of informal caregivers' subjective well-being and formal and informal support as alleviating conditions

E Verbakel, SF Metzelthin… - The Journals of …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Objectives In response to concerns about the sustainability of health care systems that
increasingly rely on informal care, we first investigate explanations of informal caregivers' …

How to include informal care in economic evaluations

RJ Hoefman, J van Exel, W Brouwer - Pharmacoeconomics, 2013 - Springer
Economic evaluations of health interventions aim to support decision making in healthcare.
To effectively do so, evaluations need to include all relevant costs and effects of an …

Positive and negative evaluation of caregiving among three different types of informal care relationships

MI Broese van Groenou, A de Boer… - European journal of ageing, 2013 - Springer
Based on the caregiver stress model, we examined how care demands, caregiver
motivation, coping style and external support are associated with positive evaluation and …

A comparison of primary and secondary caregivers of persons with dementia.

M Gonçalves-Pereira, SH Zarit, AM Cardoso… - Psychology and …, 2020 - psycnet.apa.org
Having 2 or more relatives involved in the informal care of people with dementia is frequent
worldwide. There are, however, few comparisons of primary and secondary caregivers and …

Dementia care in European countries, from the perspective of people with dementia and their caregivers

S Karlsson, M Bleijlevens, B Roe… - Journal of Advanced …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Aim To investigate persons with dementia and their informal caregivers' views of inter‐
sectoral information, communication and collaboration throughout the trajectory of dementia …