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VU Research PortalReceiving and providing informal careVerbeek-Oudijk, D.2019document versionPublisher's PDF, also known as Version of recordLink to publication in VU Research Portalcitation for published version (APA)Verbeek-Oudijk, D. (2019). Receiving and providing informal care: Does context matter?.General rightsCopyright and moral rights for the publications made accessible in the public portal are retained by the authors and/or other copyright ownersand it is a condition of accessing publications that users recognise and abide by the legal requirements associated with these rights.            • Users may download and print one copy of any publication from the public portal for the purpose of private study or research.            • You may not further distribute the material or use it for any profit-making activity or commercial gain            • You may freely distribute the URL identifying the publication in the public portal ?Take down policyIf you believe that this document breaches copyright please contact us providing details, and we will remove access to the work immediatelyand investigate your claim.E-mail address:vuresearchportal.ub@vu.nlDownload date: 13. Sep. 2021Debbie Verbeek-OudijkDe invloed van contextuele factoren op het geven en ontvangen van langdurige zorgReceiving  a d providing informal car : does context matter?Debbie Verbeek-OudijkIn many Western countries, there has been ongoing debate regarding the financial sustainability of long-term care for the elderly and the most vul nerable population groups. The number of older people is increasing, as is the average life expectancy of this group. This, in turn, is pushing up the ex pected demand for long-term care and the associated costs. Partly in order to limit future cost increases, in many European countries reforms to long-term care have been accompanied by appeals to civic responsibility, encouraging citizens to care for their loved ones or for recipients of care to arrange their own care. As a result, care for the elderly is becoming increasingly dependent on unpaid, informal caregivers. Much research has been done into the relationship be tween formal and informal care at the individual level. However, our know-ledge of the role of contextual factors, and more specifically the role of the supply of both formal and informal care in a given country, remains limited, despite the fact that policy changes are also taking place at this national level. This thesis addresses this knowledge gap. Contextual factors at the macro level are related to the care that is received and provided at the individual level by people aged 50 years and over who live in their own homes. There is a particular focus on possible social differences and how the influence of the supply of care differs for various target groups. The thesis consists of four empirical articles based on data from the Survey of Health, Aging and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) combined with national data on public expenditure on home care, exploiting the longitudinal character of the data.Debbie Verbeek-Oudijk is a health scientist and works as a re searcher at the Netherlands Institute for Social Research with the program Care and Support. rugdikte: 7,96 mm – 26/03/2019 TextceteraReceiving and providing informal care: does context matter?OM_Receiving_and_providing.indd   All Pages 26/03/2019   11:47:03

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