How many older informal caregivers are there in Europe?

comparison of estimates of their prevalence from three European surveys

Aviad Tur-Sinai (Avtor), Valentina Hlebec (Avtor)

Povzetek

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.

Ključne besede

neformalna oskrba;neformalni oskrbovalci;starejši;demografski podatki;Evropa;

Podatki

Jezik:	Angleški jezik
Leto izida:	2020
Tipologija:	1.01 - Izvirni znanstveni članek
Organizacija:	UL FDV - Fakulteta za družbene vede
UDK:	364
COBISS:	43714819
ISSN:	1660-4601
Št. ogledov:	150
Št. prenosov:	238
Ocena:	0 (0 glasov)
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Ostali podatki

Sekundarni jezik:	Slovenski jezik
Sekundarne ključne besede:	neformalna oskrba;neformalni oskrbovalci;starejši;demografski podatki;Evropa;
Vrsta dela (COBISS):	Članek v reviji
Strani:	17 str.
Letnik:	ǂVol. ǂ17
Zvezek:	ǂno. ǂ24
Čas izdaje:	2020
DOI:	10.3390/ijerph17249531
ID:	14363909