Background Due to demographic changes and a strained public sector operating in many
countries globally, informal care is increasing. Currently, at least 1.3 million adults in …

Background Public involvement in health and social care research is increasingly prioritized
by policy-makers and research funders. Often, the impact of the involvement is described in …

Purpose In Sweden, the care of older people and people with disabilities is increasingly
carried out by informal carers, often family members, who are unpaid and outside a …

Background The growing numbers of seniors worldwide and the need for support and
services that follow from a higher standard of living have led to an increased focus on scarce …

Purpose Informal carers have an important role in society through their care and support of
their long-term ill relatives. Providing informal care is challenging and can lead to caregiver …

Informal caregivers face risks of social isolation. Given the high prevalence of informal
caregivers in Europe, a considerable proportion of the population are also former …

This article analyses informal caregiving and volunteering in organizations over 17 years in
Sweden, with a focus on links between these two forms of unpaid activities. The discussion …

The article illuminates and discusses the realism of policy-makers' goals to increase
involvement of volunteers and informal caregivers in long-term care services in Norway …

Background At a time when health and social care services in European countries are under
pressure to contain or cut costs, informal carers are relied upon as the main providers of …

A growing number of informal caregivers of older adults combine caregiving with a paid job,
raising the question of whether they will be able to meet the increasing demand for informal …