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Recipients of home care and the role of informal care in Europe.

Authors :
Genet, N
Naiditch, M
Boerma, W
Hutchinson, A
Garms-Homolova, V
Lamura, G
Chablicz, S
Ersek, K
Gulacsi, L
Fagerström, Cecilia
Genet, N
Naiditch, M
Boerma, W
Hutchinson, A
Garms-Homolova, V
Lamura, G
Chablicz, S
Ersek, K
Gulacsi, L
Fagerström, Cecilia
Publication Year :
2010

Abstract

In many cases home care is no viable option without the efforts of clients and informal carers. So, an understanding of home care systems would not be complete without taking into account the role of clients and informal carers. As resources and criteria of eligibility are very different across countries, clients differ in their dependency, frailty and availability of informal care. In some countries recipients of home care more behave like critical consumers knowing their rights than those in other countries. Henceforth, systems may differ in the way clients are informed, can choose and, if necessary, can submit complaints. Another difference concerns the acknowledgement and role of informal carers, which is reflected, for instance, in the possibility for informal carers to be supported (e.g. with respite care). Here again, it turns out that very little comparative information is available at this point. On the basis of results of a literature review and from consultations with experts across Europe, the EC-financed EURHOMAP project has developed an extensive set of indicators to map home care systems, including the position and situation of clients and informal carers. EURHOMAP partners collected the data in 2009 and early 2010, in collaboration with experts in 31 European countries. Results were described in uniformly structured country reports and fed back to national experts for validation. An additional source of information was the answers on questions related to four ‘vignettes’ (hypothetical case descriptions of home living people in need of care). These questions were answered by a panel of key informants in each country. In most countries the largest share among recipients of home care consists of people above the age of 65 years. The number of recipients of home care varied enormously. In some countries home is almost limited to the elderly, while in other countries a wider range of services is provided to a wider vaiety of client and patient groups, inc<br />Rotterdam, the Netherlands Authors + 10> B Bolibar

Details

Database :
OAIster
Notes :
English
Publication Type :
Electronic Resource
Accession number :
edsoai.ocn924310106
Document Type :
Electronic Resource