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Family Caregivers of the Elderly: Challenges and Supportive Policies

This presentation explores the roles, features, and challenges of family carers for the elderly, with a focus on policy support and the future of care. It delves into the disparities between informal and formal care providers and discusses the implications for the aging population.

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Family Caregivers of the Elderly: Challenges and Supportive Policies

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  1. Some problems of carers of elderly Beata ZiębińskaMiejski Ośrodek Pomocy Społecznej w Zawierciu

  2. PLAN OF PRESENTATION • INTRODUCTION • FAMILY CARERS IN THE EUROPE AND IN THE WORLD • FEATURES OF CARERS • A POLICY OF SUPPORTING FAMILY CAREGIVERS • THE FUTURE OF CARE FOR THE ELDERLY

  3. INTRODUCE • DEFINITIONS BOARD NARROW Takingcareover 20 hours a week (19 mln in OECD) Takingcare of atleast 10 - 20 hours a week (100 mln in OECD)

  4. INTRODUCTIONS • DOCUMENTS ABOUT CARERS Strategy and action plan for activeagingin Europe 2012-2020 Health 2020

  5. FamilyCarersin Europe and intheworld • Therearesignificantdifferencesbetweencountriesintheprovision of familycare. Itisestimatedthatevenif we use a narrowdefinition of theconceptisthenumber of familycaregiversisatleasttwice, and somecountries (Netherlands, USA, Canada) ten timeslargerthanformalcarers. In most OECD countries, 70-90% of carers of theelderlyis a familycarers. Theproportion of informalcarersin OECD countriesrangesfrom 8% to 16% of theadultpopulation.

  6. Features of carers Gender/relationshipwitheldery Age Problems Proffesional status

  7. A POLICY TO SUPPORT FAMILY CAREGIVERS Guarantee of financial compensation for care, Theintroduction of facilities for thosewhoconnectcarewithwork Helpingintherelease of stress and burn-relatedcare

  8. THE FUTURE OF CARE FOR THE ELDERY • AVAILABILITY OF INFORMAL CARERS • WILLINGNESS TO TAKE CARE SITUATION ON THE LABOUR MARKET/TRENDS CHANGES IN PATTERNS OF FAMILY LIFE HEALTH STATUS OF CAREGIVERS

  9. Bibliography • A good life in Old Age OECD,EuropeanCommision, June 2013. • Krzyszkowski J., Usługi opiekuńcze dla ludzi starych w miejscu zamieszkania w krajach UE i w Polsce.[Internet:dspace.uni.lodz.pl/xmlui/bitstream/handle/.../Krzyszkowski.pdf.]. • Long term Care: GrowingSector, Multifaceted Systems, w: Help Wonted?, Providing and Paying for Long – Term Care, OECD 2011. • Policies to SupportFamilyCarers, w: Providing and Paying for Long – Term Care, OECD 2011. • Recognised : Supported and VoluedNextSteps for theCarersStrategy : [Internet:www.cpa.org.uk/cpa/policies_on_ageing.html]. • TheAgeing Report, Economic and budgetaryprojections for the 27 EU MemberStates (2010-2060), EuropeanEconomy 2/2012. • World Health Assembly resolution WHA65.3 on strengtheningnoncommunicablediseasepolicies to promoteactiveageing.,Geneva, World Health Organization, 2012.[Inrenet:http://apps.who.int/gb/ebwha/pdf_files/WHA65/A65_R3-en.pdf]. • Ziębińska B., Opieka nad człowiekiem starym. Doświadczenia Szwecji i Wielkiej Brytanii. w: Innowacje w polityce Społecznej XXI wieku, red. E. Trafiałek, ŚLask Katowice 2014.

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