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  1. 1. Formal and informal long-term care provision: A comparative analysis in European context

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Phatra Sedtanaranon; [2018]
    Keywords : Long-term care; Informal care; Formal care; Ageing Population; Welfare regime; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : The prevalence of ageing population and growing old-age consumption per capita has raised concern about the fiscal burden of state and family. As individuals age, they have increasing need for assistance in activities of daily living (ADL). Therefore, long-term care makes up the most in the consumption of elderly. READ MORE

  3. 2. Providing Social Support to Family Caregivers. –An Essential Part of the Japanese Care Manager’s Role

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Socialhögskolan

    Author : Satsuki Murofushi; [2014]
    Keywords : family caregiver; long-term care insurance scheme; Japanese care manager; social support; interactionist role theory; caregiver; informal care; community based care; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The overall objective of this study was to investigate the social support provided by care managers to family caregivers of elderly adults receiving community based care under the Japanese Long-Term Care Insurance scheme. The study has explored such support from the perspective of the care manager, and in relation to the overall role of the care manager. READ MORE

  4. 3. Caring for the Caregiver

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för etnologi

    Author : Miriam Gottschalk; [2013]
    Keywords : Patient support; Patient- family centered care; Care giving; Heterotopia; Female ethic of care; Maori value system; Belonging; Travel; Ethics; Centre and Periphery; Ethnology; Ethnographics; Etnologi; Etik; Vård; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : When a person becomes a patient in the Auckland City Hospital, the largest public hospital in New Zealand, they often bring one or more family members with them for mental and physical support. This thesis focuses on these support persons, who in this thesis are referred to as the patient caregivers and their perspectives on staying at Te Whare Awhina (TWA). READ MORE

  5. 4. Informal caregivers of HIV/AIDS-infected family members : a qualitative study of experiences of hospice staff in a rural area, South Africa

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Sektionen för hälsa

    Author : Charlotte Andersson; Jenny Svensson; [2005]
    Keywords : HIV; AIDS; elderly; informal care giving; South Africa; cultural care;

    Abstract : As the number of individuals and households affected by HIV/AIDS multiplies in South Africa, the impact of the epidemic both widens and deepens. As a complement to the formal system of health care, an informal health care has emerged. READ MORE