HLTHAGE 1BB3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Long-Term Care, Formal System, Feminist Theory
6 Sep 2017
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Men and women have equally strong social networks. Most older people rely heavily on the formal support network false. Families do not stay connected to their older relatives. Changes in the family may limit informal caregiving in the future true. 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 an incomplete network or when a person has high healthcare needs. Research shows people only go to the healthcare when family isn"t enough; older you get the more formal care you get. The burden of care shifts to families since policy makers argue that seniors" prefer informal over formal support. Family caregivers face signi cant personal costs nancial and health-related in their caregiver role. 70-80% of informal support received by older adults comes from family and friends.
