ITHACA’s assessment of regional strengths and weaknesses in the field of smart health and care

Caregiving Situation as a Predictor of Subjective Caregiver Burden: Informal Caregivers of Older Adults during the COVID-19 Pandemic

“…The only measure was the one-time solidarity supplement for registered ICs [ 29 ]. In addition, a recent study found that almost half of the ICs of older people (48.4%) felt that the Slovenian government had not taken into account the needs of family members helping older people when taking measures to mitigate the effects of the coronavirus, and another 37.4% said that it had barely considered these needs [ 30 ].…”

“…The recently adopted Slovenian Act on Long-Term Care [ 41 ] also recognizes the role of family members; however, it only provides support for a subset of carers, leaving a significant number of ICs unsupported in their informal care. According to the Slovenian Public Opinion Survey 2021 [ 30 , 42 ] conducted during the pandemic, 33.1% of people in Slovenia aged 40 and over provide at least four hours of unpaid informal care per week to a person aged 65 or over, with 43.1% covering the most demanding type of care (basic activities of daily living) [ 30 , 42 ]. Moreover, in 2013, 75.5% of Slovenian people aged 65 or older who received any type of home care received only informal care, 6.7% received only formal care, and 17.8% received a combination of both [ 33 ].…”