HLTHAGE 1BB3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Long-Term Care, Formal System, Filial Piety
19 Apr 2017
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Informal caregivers are unpaid care providers with ties of kinship or affection toward the care receiver. Formal care services are sought when a person has an incomplete network or when a person has health care needs. The burden of care shifts to families since policy makers argue that seniors" prefer informal over formal support. Family caregivers face significant personal costs - financial and health related - in their caregiver role. 70-80% of informal support received comes from family and friends. Helps cope with everyday activities; personal crisis, adjusting to change in health or locating other services. Spouses and children are main; friends and neighbours also help. 24-31 billion in support provided by friends and family. Women provide the majority of informal support, older care recipients are more likely to be women. People turn to the formal system only after the informal system can no longer meet their needs. Of all care provided is by informal sector.
