Providing informal care in a changing society

MI Broese van Groenou, A De Boer - European journal of ageing, 2016 - Springer
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 …

Impacts of informal caregiving on caregiver employment, health, and family

JM Bauer, A Sousa-Poza - Journal of population Ageing, 2015 - Springer
As the aging population increases, the demand for informal caregiving is becoming an ever
more important concern for researchers and policy-makers alike. To shed light on the …

[HTML][HTML] The impact of working conditions on mental health: Novel evidence from the UK

M Belloni, L Carrino, E Meschi - Labour Economics, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper investigates the causal impact of working conditions on mental health in the UK,
combining new longitudinal data on working conditions from the European Working …

Insights into Informal caregivers' well-being: a longitudinal analysis of care intensity, care location, and care relationship

Y Zhang, MR Bennett - The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Objectives This study investigates the psychological well-being of informal caregivers over
time. It identifies the thresholds (or “tip** points”) of caring intensity at which caregiving is …

A growing care gap? The supply of unpaid care for older people by their adult children in England to 2032

L Pickard - Ageing & Society, 2015 - cambridge.org
A key feature of population ageing in Europe and other more economically developed
countries is the projected unprecedented rise in need for long-term care in the next two …

Review of the international evidence on support for unpaid carers

N Brimblecombe, JL Fernandez, M Knapp… - Journal of Long-Term …, 2018 - eprints.lse.ac.uk
Globally and locally, ongoing demographic, sociocultural and economic changes have
implications for unpaid carers. For those who provide unpaid care, particularly at higher …

Care in times of COVID-19: the impact of the pandemic on informal caregiving in Austria

R Rodrigues, C Simmons, AE Schmidt… - European journal of …, 2021 - Springer
Much attention has been paid to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on long-term care but
the impact on informal caregivers has remained speculative. In Austria, like in other …

The association between informal caregiving and exit from employment among older workers: prospective findings from the UK household longitudinal study

E Carr, ET Murray, P Zaninotto, D Cadar… - The Journals of …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Objective This study investigated associations between informal caregiving and exit from
paid employment among older workers in the United Kingdom. Method Information on …

The effect of unpaid caregiving intensity on labour force participation: Results from a multinomial endogenous treatment model

HT Nguyen, LB Connelly - Social Science & Medicine, 2014 - Elsevier
It is well acknowledged that the intensity of caregiving affects the labour force participation of
caregivers. The literature so far has not, however, been able to control effectively for the …

When is a carer's employment at risk? Longitudinal analysis of unpaid care and employment in midlife in England

D King, L Pickard - Health & Social Care in the Community, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
This article examines the thresholds at which provision of unpaid care affects employment in
England. Previous research has shown that providing care for 20 or more hours a week has …