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The burden of informal care for Alzheimer's disease — carer perceptions from an empirical study in England, Italy and Sweden
Author(s)	David McDaid, Franco Sassi
Corporate Author	TASIE Group - Transnational Analysis of the Socio-Economic Impact of Alzheimer's Disease in the European Union
Journal title	Mental Health Research Review, no 8, June 2001
Pages	pp 34-36
Keywords	Dementia ; Informal care ; Attitude ; Social surveys ; England ; Sweden ; Italy.
Annotation	Dementia of the Alzheimer type (DAT) and related disorders affect not only the lives of sufferers, but also their unpaid informal carers. Increasing our understanding of the burden on informal care, and how this is affected by the use of support services may contribute to the future development of services. This article reports on an empirical study on aspects the burden borne by informal carers of people with probable dementia living in the community in England, Sweden and Italy. Qualitative data on the caring experience and its economic impact were also collected as part of the project. In the long term, this data could be used to help develop a utility-based instrument for measuring the burden of informal care. Some of the study's qualitative findings are highlighted in this short report. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-010905207 A
Classmark	EA: P6: DP: 3F: 82: 76P: 76V
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