The Effects of Cooperation: A Structural Model of Siblings’ Caregiving Interactions This paper analyzes the decision making process of adult children to provide informal care to their parents. First, we develop a structural model to explain the amount of time that only children (without siblings) spend on providing care, taking into account opportunity costs in terms of time and money. The mode...

Materials of the discussion about informal philosophical schools held in Alushta (1987–1989, 1991, 1993). The context Ukrainian SSR 1980s and impact Schools on philosophy during period independence are analyzed.

INTRODUCTION Relationships between people with health problems and their partners, families and friends are usually described as 'informal care'. Using a qualitative examination of older people's descriptions of their relationships with partners or other significant friends or relatives at times of change in health and mobility (walking), we questioned whether 'informal care' is an appropriate ...

Introduction: We discuss knowledge and expectations of services and other help available in the community to informal caregivers of stroke patients in Portugal, and their perceptions on actual experience within the next six months after patient discharge from the acute care hospital. Theory and methods: Most stroke patients are supported by close kin members, the informal caregivers, who play a...

The Radiology Alliance for Health Services Research sponsored a symposium at the 2005 Annual Meeting of the Association of University Radiologists, which focused on the issue of aligning mentor and mentee expectations to foster successful mentoring relationships. This article presents a summary of the informal discussion of the panelists' individual experiences, common themes, and insights gain...

Around 14% of the UK labour force has informal care responsibilities and almost everyone in society will be an informal carer in their lifetime. A well-known fact in the small economic literature on informal care is the apparent negative relation between care responsibilities and labour market participation. Yet, caring and labour market participation may be endogenous. Using an instrumental va...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to update the previous estimate of the worldwide cost of dementia in 2005 to 2009. METHODS The cost model is based on prevalence estimates, country and region-specific data on Gross Domestic Product per person and average wage, with results from previously published cost-of-illness studies in different countries. Prevalence figures are updated to 2009 ...

Introduction This chapter deals with a major aspect of how care or support is provided to disabled people – by relatives or friends on an informal basis. It is important to preface this discussion by acknowledging the relationship that exists between the level of support disabled people receive from the state and their need to rely on informal sources. It is also important to acknowledge that t...

Purpose: The population, and needs, of informal carers is changing, reflecting not only the changing demographics across Europe, but also the unequal challenges and opportunities for education and training—and official approval of competences—across Europe for people involved in the care sector, formal as well as informal carers. Theory: The objective of this European project (Austria, France, ...