How many older informal caregivers are there in Europe? : comparison of estimates of their prevalence from three European surveys

Tur-Sinai, Aviad (avtor), Teti, Andrea (avtor), Rommel, Alexander (avtor), Hlebec, Valentina (avtor), Lamura, Giovanni (avtor)

Informal caregivers are people providing some type of unpaid, ongoing assistance to aperson with a chronic illness or disability. Long-term care measures and policies cannot take place without taking into account the quantitatively crucial role played by informal caregivers. We use the European Health Interview Survey (EHIS), the European Quality of Life Survey (EQLS), and the Study on Health and Ageing in Europe (SHARE) to measure the prevalence of informal caregivers in the European population, and analyze associated socio-demographic factors. This rate ranges between about 13 percent in Portugal and Spain, and more than 22 percent in Luxembourg, Belgium, and Denmark. It declines in older age groups and, on average, is lower in men than in women in all countries studied, and lower among the poorly educated compared to those with higher levels of education. However, large variance was observed in the average share of informal caregivers for most countries between the three surveys. Our findings, estimated through the three surveys, reveal common trends, but also a series of disparities. Additional research will be needed to enable policy makers to access a richer and more harmonized body of data, allowing them to adopt truly evidence-based and targeted policies and interventions in this field.

• Jezik: Angleški jezik
• Ključne besede: informal caregiver, survey, harmonization, unpaid care
• Vrsta gradiva: Članek v reviji
• Tipologija: 1.01 - Izvirni znanstveni članek
• Organizacija: FDV - Fakulteta za družbene vede
• Status publikacije: Objavljeno
• Različica publikacije: Objavljena publikacija
• Leto izida: 2020
• Št. strani: 17 str.
• Številčenje: Vol. 17, iss. 24, art. 9531
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-134693
• UDK: 364
• ISSN pri članku: 1660-4601
• DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17249531
• COBISS.SI-ID: 43714819
• Datum objave v RUL: 26.01.2022

Gradivo je del revije

• Naslov: International journal of environmental research and public health
• Skrajšan naslov: Int. j. environ. res. public health
• Založnik: MDPI
• ISSN: 1660-4601
• COBISS.SI-ID: 1818965

Licence

• Licenca: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Priznanje avtorstva 4.0 Mednarodna
• Povezava: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.sl
• Opis: To je standardna licenca Creative Commons, ki daje uporabnikom največ možnosti za nadaljnjo uporabo dela, pri čemer morajo navesti avtorja.
• Začetek licenciranja: 19.12.2020

Sekundarni jezik

• Jezik: Slovenski jezik
• Ključne besede: neformalna oskrba, neformalni oskrbovalci, starejši, demografski podatki, Evropa

Projekti

• Financer: Drugi - Drug financer ali več financerjev
• Program financ.: Italian Ministry of Health, Ricerca Corrente