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03 Oct 2025

Journal article

Europe
International
Israel

English

How do women respond to increased care needs of their parents? The economic costs of informal caregiving

Barszczewski, J., Milstein, R., Lee, J., and Llena-Nozal, A. (2025) How do women respond to increased care needs of their parents? The economic costs of informal caregiving. The Journal of the Economics of Ageing. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeoa.2025.100589.

Journal article

02 Oct 2025

Journal article

United Kingdom

English

Social inequalities in the use of formal and informal home care in older women: evidence from a large UK cohort study

Matthew Quinn, Sasha Shepperd, Sarah Floud, Social inequalities in the use of formal and informal home care in older women: evidence from a large UK cohort study, Age and Ageing, Volume 54, Issue 10, October 2025, afaf279, https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afaf279

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11 Aug 2025

Journal article

United Kingdom
United Kingdom (England)

English

Evaluating gender bias in large language models in long-term care

Rickman, S. Evaluating gender bias in large language models in long-term care. BMC Med Inform Decis Mak 25, 274 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12911-025-03118-0  

Journal article

10 Jun 2025

Book chapter

International

English

Inequalities in social care as barriers to social sustainability: towards care justice

Zechner, Minna & Näre, Lena (2025) Inequalities in social care as barriers to social sustainability: towards care justice. In Maria Vaalavuo, Kati Kuitto & Kenneth Nelsson (eds.)  Social sustainability in ageing welfare states. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 121–139. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781035318377.00013

Book chapter

08 Mar 2023

Journal article

South Africa

English

Situating masculinity, labour migration and care over the life course in Lesotho: foregrounding survivor bias in researching care

Vera-Sanso, P., & Hlabana, T. (2023). Situating masculinity, labour migration and care over the life course in Lesotho: foregrounding survivor bias in researching care. International Journal of Care and Caring, 7(2), 248-264. Retrieved Nov 15, 2023, from https://doi.org/10.1332/239788221X16758785615441

Journal article

03 Mar 2023

Journal article

South Africa

English

Development of a long-term care economy in Gauteng, South Africa: towards decent work

Gie, L., & Hoffman, J. (2023). Development of a long-term care economy in Gauteng, South Africa: towards decent work. International Journal of Care and Caring, 7(2), 373-378. Retrieved Nov 15, 2023, from https://doi.org/10.1332/239788221X16752685979364

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13 Feb 2023

Journal article

South Africa

English

Family care for older persons in South Africa: heterogeneity of the carer’s experience

Moore, E. (2023). Family care for older persons in South Africa: heterogeneity of the carer’s experience. International Journal of Care and Caring, 7(2), 265-286. Retrieved Nov 15, 2023, from https://doi.org/10.1332/239788221X16740630896657

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23 Jan 2023

Journal article

Europe

Cohort Trajectories by Age and Gender for Informal Caregiving in Europe Adjusted for Sociodemographic Changes, 2004 and 2015

Ricardo Rodrigues, Johan Rehnberg, Cassandra Simmons, Stefania Ilinca, Eszter Zólyomi, Afshin Vafaei, Selma Kadi, Janet Jull, Susan P Phillips, Stefan Fors, Cohort Trajectories by Age and Gender for Informal Caregiving in Europe Adjusted for Sociodemographic Changes, 2004 and 2015, The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, Volume 78, Issue 8, August 2023, Pages 1412–1422, https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbad011

Journal article

12 Nov 2022

Journal article

United Kingdom

English

Inequalities in unpaid carer’s health, employment status and social isolation

Brimblecombe, N., & Cartagena Farias, J. (2022). Inequalities in unpaid carer’s health, employment status and social isolation. Health & Social Care in the Community, 30, e6564–e6576. https://doi.org/10.1111/hsc.14104

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27 Jul 2022

Journal article

Europe

English

Gender differences in access to community-based care: a longitudinal analysis of widowhood and living arrangements

Ilinca, S., Rodrigues, R., Fors, S. et al. Gender differences in access to community-based care: a longitudinal analysis of widowhood and living arrangements. Eur J Ageing 19, 1339–1350 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10433-022-00717-y

Journal article

28 Jun 2022

Policy Brief

Europe

English

Caregiving impacts on unpaid informal carers’ health and well-being – a gender perspective: factsheet by WHO Europe

Policy Brief

16 May 2022

Journal article

Mexico

English

Who Works Less when a Parent Needs Long-Term Care? Gender Disparities in Labor Market Effects in Mexico

Stampini, M., Oliveri, M.L., Ibarraran, P. and Flores, C. (2022) ‘Who Works Less when a Parent Needs Long-Term Care? Gender Disparities in Labor Market Effects in Mexico’, Journal of Long Term Care, p. 130–141. Available at: https://doi.org/10.31389/jltc.116.

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13 Nov 2017

Journal article

Türkiye

English

The politics of care in Turkey: Sacred familialism in a changing political context

Akkan, B. (2018). The politics of care in Turkey: Sacred familialism in a changing political context. Social Politics: International Studies in Gender, State & Society, 25(1), pp.72-91.

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