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I would like to draw your attention to our April Policy Brief "Informal
Carers: Who Takes Care of Them?" written by Frederique Hoffmann and
Ricardo Rodrigues
Abstract:
Until recently, informal care (provided by relatives and friends) has
been overlooked by policy-makers in the context of long-term care for
dependent older people. Driven by concerns about the fiscal
sustainability of long-term care services and by more self-conscious
and demanding carers' movements across countries, informal care has been
brought into the limelight.
Data on carers is still relatively scarce due in part to the nature of
the care itself as it is often provided informally at home. In view of
this, what do we know about informal carers and who benefits from them?
Which country differences exist? Which policies are set in place to
support them? This Policy Brief tries to shed light on these issues by
using available data from (inter)national sources as well as qualitative
information gathered in our recent publication /Facts and Figures on
Long-term Care -- Europe and North America/. It seeks to increase
knowledge on informal carers and discuss some of the implications
surrounding social policies that impact them. The analysis is very much
policy-oriented and takes a comparative view, focusing mostly on the
wider Europe.
More: http://www.euro.centre.org/detail.php?xml_id=1714
Please feel free to forward the Policy Brief to colleagues who might be
interested.
Best regards,
Annette Hexelschneider, Dipl.-Ing.
Head of Knowledge and Information Management Support Unit
European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research
Berggasse 17
A-1090 Vienna (Austria)
Tel: +43-1-319 45 05-23
Fax: +43-1-319 45 05-19
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