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Family carers' experiences using support services in Europe: empirical evidence from the EUROFAMCARE study
- Authors:
- LAMURA Giovanni, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Gerontologist, 48(6), December 2008, pp.752-771.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
This article explores the experiences of family carers of older people in using support services in six European countries: Germany, Greece, Italy, Poland, Sweden, and the UK. Following a common protocol, data were collected from national samples of approximately 1,000 family carers per country and clustered into comparable subgroups to facilitate cross-national analysis. Carers' use of available support services is limited across Europe but is considerably higher in Germany, Sweden, and the UK than in Poland, Greece, and Italy. Service use is more prevalent among wives and carers with stronger support networks and less frequent among working daughters with high levels of burden, suggesting the need for a reconsideration of eligibility criteria and better targeting of service responses. Access to and use of services is characterized by a divide between carers in northwestern Europe, who experience few difficulties other than the older person's refusal to accept the support offered, and carers in southeastern Europe, where service affordability and poor transportation present remarkable barriers. Concerns regarding the timeliness and quality of support are common to all countries. European Union-wide efforts to improve carer support need to focus on improving the care system's ability to provide timely, high-quality care delivered by staff who treat the older person with dignity and respect, and to enhance cooperation between health professionals (in all countries), informal networks (especially in southeastern Europe), social services (particularly in Sweden and the UK), and voluntary organizations (in Germany and the UK).
Elder abuse and neglect in Poland
- Author:
- HALICKA Malgorzata
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect, 6(3/4), 1995, pp.157-169.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Polish gerontological literature has not defined abuse and neglect with regard to elderly people. Presents an interpretation of neglect and abuse and reports on research conducted in Bialystok. Concludes that social services do not solve the problems of older people in Poland. The transition from a centrally managed economy to a market economy means that there is a need to form a new model of social services. Outlines key points for policies aimed at preventing and solving the problems of neglect.