The use of robots in elderly care represents a dynamic field of study aimed at meeting the
growing demand for home-based health care services. This article examines the application …

In most Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries, the
government has to manage tension between growth in the need for long-term care (LTC) …

This paper analyzes the impact of women's retirement on their informal care provision. Using
SOEP data, we address fundamental endogeneity problems by exploiting variation in the …

Background Cognitive impairment is a major public health problem urgently to be solved.
This study aims to examine the association between sleep duration and cognitive function …

With the increase of aging population, long‐term care insurance (LTCI) systems have
become important for improving individuals' health. However, the effect of LTCI on health is …

Background Healthy behaviors can slow the progression of chronic kidney disease.
Professional healthcare providers deliver education, physical exercise programs, motivation …

Objectives: To explore the impact of informal social support (ISS) on older health. Methods:
Multiple regression was used as the baseline regression, grou** regression was used to …

Background: Hyperphosphatemia in end-stage renal disease patients is prevalent and
associated with increasing cardiac mortality. Restricting dietary phosphate intake is a key …

In this paper we estimate the effect of unemployment on informal care provision. For the
identification we use plant closures as a source of exogenous variation and combine …

Background Married female caregivers face a higher risk of an informal care burden than
other caregivers. No study has explored the effect of socioeconomic status (SES) on the …