Research Project: Older adults’ contribution to informal caregiving: temporal trends, profiles and adverse health consequences
Project leader
Amaia Calderón-Larrañaga, Aging Research Center Karolinska Institutet
Project Members
Lena Dahlberg Elizabeth Hanson, Linnéuniversitetet Mariam Kirvalidze, Karolinska Institutet Lucas Morin, French National Institute of Health and Medical Research Anders Wimo, Division of Neurogeriatrics Karolinska Institutet
Project Period
-
Project Status
Present
Description
The project aims to provide evidence on the magnitude of older people’s contribution to informal caregiving and to gain knowledge of their particular health needs, through three research lines.
The first research line will analyse temporal trends in informal and formal care reception and provision during the last three decades, with a focus on older people as informal care providers. The second will explore the association between caregiving in old age and negative health outcomes and potential underlying factors. The third will identify older caregivers most susceptible to being negatively affected by caregiving, and the stage when such consequences tend to occur.
Based on data from three population-based cohorts (Swedish National study of Aging and Care; Swedish Panel Study of Living Conditions of the Oldest Old; Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe-Sweden) and an ad-hoc nationwide survey, we will map, integrate and track the characteristics of caregivers, care recipients, and care contexts.
Keywords
informell omsorg; äldre, informal care; ageing
Research Profile
Health and Social Welfare
Subject
Social Work
Financiers
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