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| Care provision within families and its socio-economic impact on care providers across the European Union | | Author(s) | Caroline Glendinning, Hilary Arksey, Frits Tjadens |
| Corporate Author | Social Policy Research Unit - SPRU, University of York |
| Publisher | Social Policy Research Unit - SPRU, University of York, York, July 2009 |
| Pages | 4 pp (Research works, no 2009-05) |
| Source | SPRU, University of York, Heslington, York Y010 5DD. http://www.york.ac.uk/spru Full report can be downloaded from: http://www.york.ac.uk/spru/research/pdf/EUCarers.p.. |
| Keywords | Family care ; Social economics ; European Union ; Social surveys ; Europe. |
| Annotation | Across Europe, family members provide by far the largest amount of care for older, disabled and chronically ill people. In 2005, it was estimated that across the EU, 19 million people aged 25 and over provided at least 20 hours a week care for an older, disabled and chronically ill person, with around 9.6 million of them providing at least 35 hours a week care. There are also thought to be 2 to 4 million young people with additional care responsibilities. Thus, family care is essential for the sustainability of many countries' long-term care arrangements. This Research Works outlines findings of the authors' working paper, 'Care provision within families and its socio-economic impact on care providers'. Their study provides up-to-date evidence from across the European Union (EU) on the numbers and characteristics of carers and the consequences of caring. The study used EU and other cross-national datasets, including the Eurofamcare study of care of older people (www.uke.de/extern/eurofamcare). It also evaluated some innovative services initiatives to support carers. Among policy recommendations is that EU employment policies (including those on extending working lives) should take into account the care responsibilities of working age people. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-090903002 P |
| Classmark | P6:SJ: W4: WFC: 3F: 74 * |
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