Increased life expectancy and current trends in population aging is leading to higher levels of dependency for older people, increasing the needs for care. Most of this care is delivered by unpaid carers, this informal …
The increase in life expectancy is one of the greatest human achievements of recent times, but the fact of living longer carries the likelihood of suffering chronic and disabling diseases that involve increasing dependency. The …
In developed countries, the increase in ageing and dependency has increased the need for long-term care. In these countries most long-term care is provided by the family. Caring for an older adult dependent may impact …
Last week, on 9 and 10 April, the 2nd International Congress on Multidisciplinary Health Research was held at University of Jaén. The congress was organized by the Faculty of Health Sciences and four research groups, …
This topic is developed by researchers Rafael del Pino Casado, Antonio Frías Osuna, Pedro A Palomino Moral and Sara Moreno Cámara. In 2001, we started our research topic on care provided in the context of …
Despite the generally accepted belief that social support improves caregiver adjustment in general and subjective burden in particular, the literature shows mixed findings, and a recent review concluded that the predictive strength of caregiver social …
