2.6. Needs for care and support - provision of informal/family and formal/professional care

Bibliographic Records

APPs4Carers: selection of applications and mobile websites for informal carers

Technical Report on Apps for carers: INTELLECTUAL OUTPUT 1 (IO1): REPORT ON SELECTED APPLICATIONS in Greece and Cyprus and other partner countries

Carers’ views on their role in providing care to elderly people – members of their families experiencing cognitive disorders.

This diploma attempts to strengthen the voice of those who care for members of their families and to emphasize the need to support and strengthen them in order to improve the quality of care they provide and to reduce the

Is late-life dependency increasing or not? A comparison of the Cognitive Function and Ageing Studies (CFAS)

We have almost no longitutinal studies in Greece enabling us to understand the trends in dependency amongst older people. This UK longitudinal study is useful in aiding in an understaning how the proportions of dependency states have changed between generational

For better or worse: Factors predicting outcomes of family care of older people over a one-year period. A six-country European study

Objectives Demographic change has led to an increase of older people in need of long-term care in nearly all European countries. Informal carers primarily provide the care and support needed by dependent people. The supply and willingness of individuals to

Exploring the burden of the family caregivers of patients with major mental disorders in Greece

The purpose of the present study was to investigate the burden for family caregivers of patients with major mental disorders and the factors that affect caregiver burden in Crete, Greece.The assessment of status of the family caregiver of major mental

Dementia prevention, intervention, and care

Key messages1 The number of people with dementia is increasing globallyAlthough incidence in some countries has decreased.2 Be ambitious about preventionWe recommend active treatment of hypertension in middle aged (45–65 years) and older people (aged older than 65 years) without