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 …

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 …

This original and panoramic book proposes that the underlying forces of demography and
globalisation will shortly reverse three multi-decade global trends–it will raise inflation and …

The mission of UN Decade of Healthy Ageing (2020–2030) is to improve the lives of older
people, their families and their communities. In this paper, we create a conceptual …

This study explored self-reported changes in caregiving intensity (CI) and caregiver burden
(CB) among informal caregivers due to the COVID-19 pandemic overall and by gender …

Background and purpose The caregiving's impact on informal carers' quality of life and
gender-based stereotypes make older individuals' informal care a complex process for …

Background: Several empirical studies have shown an association between informal
caregiving for adults and loneliness or social isolation. Nevertheless, a systematic review is …

Abstract Background and Objectives Racial disparities in health and socioeconomic
characteristics of older adults have implications for the experiences of their family and …

Among the 50+ million informal caregivers in the US, substantial gender, racial/ethnic, and
socioeconomic disparities in caregiving intensity are well-documented. However, those …

Background There is a growing interest in incorporating informal care in cost-of-illness
studies as a relevant part of the economic impact of some diseases. Objective The aim of …