Essays about: "caregiving"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 41 essays containing the word caregiving.

  1. 6. The Effect of Free Elderly Personal Care on Informal Caregiving and Labour Market Participation: Revisiting the Scottish Reform

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Tilman Friedrich Bretschneider; Joel Cheung; [2023]
    Keywords : Informal Care; Labour Supply; Difference-in-differences; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : We revisit the Scottish care reform of 2002 to estimate the effect of free formal personal care for the elderly on informal caregiving and labour market participation using a difference-in-differences approach. We find that previous studies’ results suffer from bias due to violations of identifying assumptions. READ MORE

  3. 7. Exploring the perspectives of current and future sibling caregivers to a person with a neurodevelopmental disorder – implications for occupational therapy. A scoping review.

    University essay from Jönköping University

    Author : Kayleigh Tudor; [2023]
    Keywords : Adults; Brothers; Intellectual Disability; Learning Disability; Occupational Therapy; Sisters;

    Abstract : Introduction: Numerous studies have examined caregiver burden and stress, yet few represent the perspective from the sibling caregiver of a person with a neurodevelopmental disorder within the context of occupational therapy practice. Therefore, this scoping review provides a review of current evidence. READ MORE

  4. 8. Rethinking social care services for elderly persons in Zambia

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Socialhögskolan; Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Sociologi

    Author : Annette Hatembo; [2022]
    Keywords : Ageing; elderly people; family; community; caregiving; old people’s home; social care.; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The Elderly people in Zambia face numerous challenges resulting from high poverty levels, stigma, and social exclusion, poor service provision in old people's homes, and lack of proper care and support from family and the public. In addition, changes in population ageing have also resulted in increased longevity affecting the obligatory responsibilities of the state and the family to meet individual needs in caregiving adequately. READ MORE

  5. 9. Quality of life of Caregivers of Children with Cerebral Palsy : A Systematic Literature Review

    University essay from Jönköping University/HLK, CHILD

    Author : Jiya Raj; [2022]
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    Abstract : Caregivers of children with cerebral palsy have to undergo various struggles and difficulties while parenting their children with CP, which is a long-term process. This prolonged caregiving can affect their quality of life and well being. READ MORE

  6. 10. Transitioning from Care to Adulthood: Reintegration Experiences of Young People Leaving Residential Care in Ghana

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för socialt arbete

    Author : Frederick Godwill Amissah; [2021-10-22]
    Keywords : care leavers; resilience; social reintegration; lived experiences; ecological systems theory;

    Abstract : Studies on the young people’s transition from care have gained considerable attention in child protection discourse globally but in the African context, it is beginning to take form. Despite the incessant reintegration efforts occasioned by the quest to reform alternative childcare mechanisms in the Ghanaian context, little is known of the experiences of care leavers while they are leaving, and when they are out of care. READ MORE