Informal dementia care: Consequences for caregivers' health and health care use in 8 European countries.

Summary, in English

Informal (dementia) care has economic consequences throughout the health care system. Whilst the health and wellbeing of the care recipient might improve, the health of the caregiver might also change, typically for the worse. Therefore, this analysis aims to examine the association between caregiving intensity and caregivers' health and health care utilization.

• Author: Patrick Bremer; Esther Cabrera; Helena Leino-Kilpi; Connie Lethin; Kai Saks; Caroline Sutcliffe; Maria Soto; Sandra M G Zwakhalen; Ansgar Wübker
• Department/s: Older people's health and Person-Centred care
• Publishing year: 2015
• Language: English
• Pages: 1459-1471
• Publication/Series: Health Policy
• Volume: 119
• Issue: 11
• Full text: - 544 kB; Download statistics
• Links: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26518906?dopt=Abstract; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.2015.09.014
• Document type: Journal article
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Topic: Health Care Service and Management, Health Policy and Services and Health Economy
• Status: Published
• Research group: Older people's health and Person-Centred care
• ISBN/ISSN/Other: ISSN: 1872-6054