Why do they care? A qualitative systematic review and meta-synthesis of personal and relational motivations for providing informal care

M Zarzycki, D Seddon, E Bei… - Health Psychology …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Informal caregiving is crucial to the sustainability of health and social care systems globally.
With ageing populations and a rising prevalence of acute and chronic health conditions, the …

Cultural and societal motivations for being informal caregivers: a qualitative systematic review and meta-synthesis

M Zarzycki, V Morrison, E Bei… - Health Psychology …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Informal caregiving constitutes the mainstay of a society's care supply. Motivations for caring
and continuing to provide care are crucial to understanding the nature of caregiver …

Getting back or giving back: Understanding caregiver motivations and willingness to provide informal care

M Zarzycki, V Morrison - Health Psychology and Behavioral …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Informal caregivers are those providing care, which exceeds that which is
typically provided, to a relative or friend with care needs. Informal caregiving constitutes the …

How culture shapes informal caregiver motivations: A meta-ethnographic review

M Zarzycki, D Seddon, E Bei… - Qualitative Health …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
The provision of informal care presents a significant global challenge. To better understand
how cultural factors underpin and shape motivations and willingness to provide informal …

[HTML][HTML] Providing care from afar: a growing yet understudied phenomenon in the caregiving field

E Bei, O Rotem-Mindali, N Vilchinsky - Frontiers in Psychology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Given the aging population and increasing life expectancy, the need on the part of older and
ill populations for long-term care has risen rapidly (Roth et al., 2015). As a result, unpaid …

Cohort profile: The ENTWINE iCohort study, a multinational longitudinal web-based study of informal care

S Elayan, E Bei, G Ferraris, O Fisher, M Zarzycki… - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Informal care is a key pillar of long-term care provision across Europe and will likely play an
even greater role in the future. Thus, research that enhances our understanding of …

A multinational longitudinal study incorporating intensive methods to examine caregiver experiences in the context of chronic health conditions: Protocol of the …

V Morrison, M Zarzycki, N Vilchinsky… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Informal caregivers are those who provide unpaid care to a relative or friend with a chronic
illness, disability or other long-lasting health or care need. Providing informal care in the …

Informal caregiving for people with life-limiting illness: exploring the knowledge gaps

EYL Lung, A Wan, A Ankita, S Baxter… - … of Palliative Care, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: People with life-limiting illness are increasingly having more care provided to
them by informal caregivers (ICs) such as family members and friends. Although there is a …

Factors associated with caregiving appraisal of informal caregivers: A systematic review

S Wang, DSK Cheung, AYM Leung… - Journal of clinical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Aims and objectives To identify factors associated with the caregiving appraisal of informal
caregivers. Background Caregiving appraisal, the cognitive evaluation of the caregiving …

Exploring the collaboration between formal and informal care from the professional perspective—A thematic synthesis

AH Hengelaar, M Van Hartingsveldt… - Health & Social Care …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
In Dutch policy and at the societal level, informal caregivers are ideally seen as essential
team members when creating, together with professionals, co‐ordinated support plans for …