Intergenerational care is a program where both the younger and older generations are
receiving programmed care in an environment where activities and resources are shared …

This NIHR-SSCR funded scoping review provides a comprehensive mapping of what is
known about carers and caring, and aims to help inform policy, practice and research in …

Issues in Aging combines social, psychological, biological, and philosophical perspectives
to present a multifaceted picture of aging. Novak illustrates both the problems and the …

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES Hospice care confers well‐documented benefits to patients
and their families, but it is underutilized. One potential reason is inadequate family support to …

Working-age individuals are under growing pressure to contribute unpaid time to the care of
elderly family members and friends. Existing work has generally found informal care to …

Informal care plays a significant role in the care system for older people in the United
Kingdom, and this is projected to increase considerably in the next three decades as the …

This paper investigates whether there is a statistical association between spending per
person in community-based adult social care for older people and the probability that an …

Background: Unpaid care is a critical source of support for people with health and social
care needs. Unpaid carers are a group facing increasing demands and are at risk of adverse …

Turning points describe a fundamental change of direction in a life course trajectory.
However, they are challenging to study because of their temporal extension, the complexity …

Policy makers across the political spectrum have extolled the virtues of volunteering in
achieving social policy aims. Yet little is known about the role that volunteering plays in …