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| Linkages between informal and formal care-givers in home-care networks of frail older adults | | Author(s) | Marianne Jacobs, Theo Van Tilburg, Peter Groenewegen, Marjolein Broese van Groenou |
| Journal title | Ageing and Society, vol 36, no 8, September 2016 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press, September 2016 |
| Pages | pp 1604-1624 |
| Source | journals.cambridge.org/aso |
| Keywords | Informal care ; Services ; Domiciliary services ; Interaction [welfare services] ; Coordination ; Netherlands. |
| Annotation | In ageing societies, policy makers aim for more contact between informal and formal care-givers, as it may enhance the quality of care. So far, the linkage between formal and informal care-givers is generally studied from a one-sided or a single dyadic perspective, and thus disregard the presence of multiple informal and formal care-givers. This study examines discussion of care between all potential informal-formal care-giver dyads in a care network, and relates this to characteristics of the older care recipient, the care network and the care-givers. Seventy-four Dutch older care recipients provided information on all care-givers who helped with five different types of tasks; 410 care-givers reported on the contact between all care-givers identified. Multi-level logistic regression was conducted in 2,150 informal-formal care-giver dyads, and revealed that in 26 per cent of all these dyads, discussion on care occurred. This was more likely when both care-givers performed multiple types of tasks, the informal care-giver was residing with the care recipient, and contact within the formal and the informal sub-network was higher. To enhance discussion of care between informal and formal care-givers in care networks where no discussion occurs at all, home-care organisations may need to allocate formal care-givers who act as a bridge with an extra-residential care-giver of care recipients living alone. (RH) |
| Accession Number | CPA-160820202 A |
| Classmark | P6: I: N: QK6: QAJ: 76H |
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