The EUROFAMCARE Common Assessment Tool (CAT): Item and scale development and description

The chapter describes the survey tool used for the EUROFAMCARE study, including how it was derived, the scales that were included and their psychometric properties, and some descriptive analyse

Typology of caregiving situations in Europe: A cluster analysis approach

The chapter describes the development, by using cluster analysis, of a typology of caregiving situations in Europe on the basis of the main variables included in the Eurofamcare study. Both variables regarding the older person and variables regarding the caregiver were include

Typology of caregiving situations in Europe: A cluster analysis approach

It presents a description of the different caregiving situations at the European level, by examining the characteristics of both the caregiver and the cared for perso

The EUROFAMCARE Common Assessment Tool (CAT): Item and scale development and description

The chapter describes the psychometric properties of the survey tool used in the European study Eurofamcar

Work restrictions experienced by midlife family care-givers of older people: evidence from six European countries

This paper examines differences in work restrictions of midlife family carers of older people in terms of prevalence, gender and explanatory variables, in six European countries: Germany, Greece, Italy, Poland, Sweden and the United Kingdom. A sample of 2,897 carers aged 45–64 was extracted from the EUROFAMCARE (Services for Supporting Family Carers of Older People in Europe: Characteristics, Coverage and Usage) European project database, in order to analyse four possible work restrictions experienced in connection with the activity of care-giving: the reduction of working hours; giving up working; difficulties in career developments and forced occasional work. The results show that work restrictions are experienced differently between countries especially by women: they are reported to a higher degree in the United Kingdom, Germany and Greece, less so in Italy, and seldom in Poland and Sweden. Gender differences within countries are not so marked. Country differences are explained in the light of the different welfare regimes characterising the countries under investigation, in order to elucidate how policy makers may act to improve working carers' conditions through appropriate policies

Work restrictions experienced by midlife family care-givers of older people: Evidence from six European countries

This paper examines differences in work restrictions of midlife family carers of older people in terms of prevalence, gender and explanatory variables, in six European countries: Germany, Greece, Italy, Poland, Sweden and the United Kingdom. A sample of , carers aged – was extracted from the EUROFAMCARE (Services for Supporting Family Carers of Older People in Europe: Characteristics, Coverage and Usage) European project database, in order to analyse four possible work restrictions experienced in connection with the activity of care-giving: the reduction of working hours; giving up working; difficulties in career developments and forced occasional work. The results show that work restrictions are experienced differently between countries especially by women: they are reported to a higher degree in the United Kingdom, Germany and Greece, less so in Italy, and seldom in Poland and Sweden. Gender differences within countries are not so marked. Country differences are explained in the light of the different welfare regimes characterising the countries under investigation, in order to elucidate how policy makers may act to improve working carers’ conditions through appropriate policies

The Ambulatory Geriatric Assessment - a Frailty Intervention Trial (AGe-FIT) - A randomised controlled trial aimed to prevent hospital readmissions and functional deterioration in high risk older adults : A study protocol

Background: Care of old people with multimorbidity living at home is often fragmented with lack of coordination and information exchange between health care professionals, the elderly and their relatives. This paper describes the protocol of a randomised, controlled study, which aims to compare the efficacy of caring for older people with multimorbidity and three or more hospital admissions in the previous year at a geriatric ambulatory department based on Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) versus usual care. Participants and methods: A total of 400 community-dwelling old people with multimorbidity who are living in the city of Norrköping (Sweden) and one of their relatives are recruited for this trial and randomized to an intervention and a control group. Participants in the intervention group receive interdisciplinary care after a CGA at an Ambulatory Geriatric Unit with easy accessibility during working hours in addition to usual care. The control group receives usual care provided by the primary care or hospital. Outcomes: The primary outcome is number of hospitalisation, the secondary outcomes are health-related outcomes including measures of frailty, cognition, symptom burden, feeling of security, quality of life of participants and relatives and as well as costs for health and social care. Participants will be followed for 2 years. Discussion: This study will contribute to evidence of the effect of two different care models. The study has the potential to change care for older people with multimorbidity