In Germany, informal home care is preferred to professional care services in the public discussion as well as in legal care regulations. However, they ascribe only minor importance to the opportunity costs care givers have to face. Therefore, this paper explores the infl uence home care has on the labor supply of carers who live together with their care recipient. I am using the German Socio-Ec...

This paper analyses the impact of spousal care-giving on survivors’ depressive symptoms six months into widowhood, and examines the applicability of a ‘relief model ’ of spousal adjustment during bereavement. We examine several aspects of the care-giving situation, including care-giver stress, care-giving demands, and type and duration of care and how these affect survivors’ depressive symptoma...

AIMS The aim of the present study is to assess the level and areas of stress among care givers nursing their loved ones suffering from cancer. SETTING AND DESIGN An assessment of care givers' stress providing care to cancer patients at Cipla Palliative Care Center was conducted. The study involves data collection using a questionnaire and subsequent analysis. MATERIALS AND METHODS A close-e...

Abstract Dementia is a source of growing concern globally, and often impacts on social communicative functioning. INdependent LIving Support Functions for the Elderly (IN LIFE) was project carried out within European Commission Research Innovation programme Horizon 2020 that resulted in development two digital communication aids reminiscence intervention elderly people with dementia their partn...

The main objective was to determine motivating factors for community care givers (CCGs), the services they provided to the community, and to identify sources of CCGs' material supplies. A cross sectional qualitative study was done using in-depth key informant interviews with community cares givers and traditional leaders. Analysis was based on themes utilizing content analysis. Most of the CCGs...

Cancer, a leading cause of death worldwide and has serious impact on public health. More than one in three people will develop some form of cancer during their lifetime. The current study aimed to identify caregiver’s burden and level of depression among family caregivers of patients with cancer. The study can help in creating baseline data on depression level and conducting future counseling p...