Adult Social Care Outcomes Toolkit--German Version

Trukeschitz, Birgit; Litschauer, Judith; Hajji, Assma; Kieninger, Judith; Schoch, Adiam; Malley, Juliette; Rand, Stacey; Linnosmaa, Ismo; Forder, Julien E.

doi:10.1037/t84860-000

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“…Services and benefits available for informal carers are family hospice leave, care leave and part-time work options, respite care, improved sickness insurance coverage, psychosocial support and counselling [26] (Table 1). While this range of benefits and services for informal carers seems comprehensive, eligibility rules are tight [26] and take up is very low [27]. For most benefits, access is restricted to family carers caring for LTC allowance beneficiaries who need at least 120 h of care per month.…”

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Quality of life outcomes for informal carers of long-term care service users in Austria, England and Finland

Linnosmaa,

Nguyen,

Jokimäki

et al. 2024

Qual Life Res

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Purpose The provision and funding of long-term care (LTC) for older people varies between European countries. Despite differences, there is limited information about the comparative performance of LTC systems in Europe. In this study, we compared quality of life (QoL) of informal carers of home care service users in Austria, England and Finland. Methods Informal carers were surveyed in Austria, England and Finland. The study data (n = 835) contained information on social care-related quality of life (SCRQoL) associated with the ASCOT-Carer measure, and characteristics of carers and care recipients from each country. We applied risk-adjustment methods using a fractional regression model to produce risk-adjusted SCRQoL scores for the comparative analysis. In a sensitivity analysis, we applied multiple imputation to missing data to validate our findings. Results We found that the mean values of the risk-adjusted SCRQoL of informal carers in England were 1.4–2.9% and 0.3–0.5% higher than in Finland and Austria, and the mean values of the risk-adjusted SCRQoL of carers in Austria were 0.8–2.7% higher than in Finland. Differences in the mean values of the country-specific risk-adjusted SCRQoL scores were small and statistically non-significant. English informal carers were less healthy and co-resided with care resipients more often than carers in Austria or Finland. Conclusion Small differences between the risk-adjusted SCRQoL scores between Austria, England and Finland are consistent with the observation that the countries provide different types of support for informal carers. Our results help local and national decision-makers in these countries to benchmark their informal care support systems.

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confidence: 99%