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Special Event "Tackling Long-Term Intendance Needs in Ageing Societies in (Postal service) Pandemic Times: Multidisciplinary Research Approaches in an International Perspective"

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Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Aviad Tur-Sinai
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Guest Editor

Department of Health Systems Direction, The Max Stern Yezreel Valley Higher, 1930600 Jezreel Valley, ‎Israel
Interests: financing health expenses among older adults; retirement patterns; older adults' financial quality of life

Dr. Giovanni Lamura
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Guest Editor

IRCCS INRCA—National Institute of Health and Science on Ageing, Centre for Socio-Economic Research on Ageing, 60124 Ancona, Italy
Interests: international research on family and long-term intendance; migrant care work; interdisciplinary research on ageing
Special Problems, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals

Dr. Alexandra Lopes
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Guest Editor

Department of Sociology, Academy of Porto, 4099-002 Porto, Portugal
Interests: ageing and LTC; person-centered care; ageism; ageing and human rights

Special Result Information

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue, Tackling Long-Term Care Needs in Ageing Societies in (Post) Pandemic Times: Multidisciplinary Research Approaches in an International Perspective, seeks theoretical and empirical papers that bargain with long-term care challenges at the local, national, and international level and possible strategies for addressing them. Submissions may investigate policy issues with regard to the function played by public and individual (including profit and non-turn a profit) stakeholders in this field and also analyze how dynamics and interactions may exist irresolute to take into account the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Papers may likewise consider how worldwide phenomena like rising life expectancy and population aging might claiming societal arrangements and healthcare systems throughout the adult world. Longevity is one of the greatest achievements attained in the recent by due to scientific, social, and technological progress, and papers focusing on the analysis of longevity patterns and their relationships with health, social, and long-term care aspects are welcome. We particularly encourage authors to submit comparative papers and articles from depression- and center-income countries.

Among the topics that this Special Upshot is willing to host are specially (albeit not exclusively) the post-obit:

1. Longevity and long-term care needs
2. Informal care
3. Formal care
4. Migrant care work
5. Forgone interventions
6. Labor challenges in the health, social, and/or long-term care market
7. Health, social and/or long-term care inequalities among older adults and their families
8. Public vs. individual (profit or non-turn a profit) care service provision
9. Policy interventions and financing of health, social, and/or long-term intendance services
10. Costs of health, social, and long-term care services
11. Fiscal brunt of care
12. Medical costs (due east.g., for medication, treatments) and other economical components of intendance provision
13. Occupational hazards of care professions and the impacts of the pandemic on workers' wellbeing
14. Prevention of infection spread in nursing homes
15. The function of technology in LTC and in the development of assisted environments
16. Quality of care
17. The impact of stereotypes and ageism in the management of COVID-nineteen in LTC facilities

Prof. Dr. Aviad Tur-Sinai
Dr. Giovanni Lamura
Dr. Alexandra Lopes
Guest Editors

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Keywords

• informal care
• formal care
• long-term care needs
• migrant intendance work
• health inequalities
• quality of care
• longevity
• ageism
• financing of wellness
• medical costs

Published Papers (four papers)

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Role and Characteristics of Personal Intendance Assistants of Frail Older People with Functional Limitations Ageing in Identify in Italy

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When older people go frail with functional limitations, and age alone in identify, caring support is primal for performing daily living activities. The present study aimed to explore the electric current function and characteristics of privately hired Personal Care Assistants (PCAs) of older people [...] Read more.

When older people become frail with functional limitations, and age lone in place, caring support is fundamental for performing daily living activities. The present study aimed to explore the electric current part and characteristics of privately hired Personal Care Assistants (PCAs) of older people in Italy, in light of the decreasing intendance availability of the family unit and the low provision of public services. In the study "Inclusive ageing in place" (IN-Historic period), 120 qualitative interviews were carried out in 2019, involving fragile older people living at dwelling in three Italian regions: Lombardy, Marche, and Calabria. A content analysis was conducted, in addition to some simple quantifications of statements. Results showed the support of PCAs in 27 cases, mainly when health problems of seniors were referred. In addition, informal and irregular employment contracts were reported. Moreover, a comparison betwixt PCA and Domestic Dwelling Help (DHH, 44 cases), highlighted how they even more provide very similar functions (i.due east., home and personal intendance). The role of PCA emerged as crucial in Italy, especially in the S. Thus, to boost up dwelling house services seems necessary for allowing ageing in identify, also by integrating PCAs in formal public Long-Term Care (LTC), and by providing incentive systems for regular hiring. Full article

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Abeyance of Intendance for Frail Older Adults: Physical, Psychological and Economic Outcomes for Family Carers

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Global population crumbling and increased longevity are making family intendance a almost universal experience. Caregiving is a dynamic process that varies over time and in intensity only often takes a physical and emotional toll on carers and may inflict financial costs past attenuating [...] Read more.

Global population aging and increased longevity are making family care a nearly universal experience. Caregiving is a dynamic procedure that varies over fourth dimension and in intensity but frequently takes a physical and emotional price on carers and may inflict financial costs by attenuating their labor market participation. The study explores the implications of the 'cessation of care' of frail elders by adult (heart-anile and older) kin by comparing ii indigenous groups in State of israel with respect to their wellness and their psychological and economic life. Using secondary data analyses based on SHARE-Israel data for persons aged fifty+, it is found that subjective health assessment and financial capability are significantly higher among those who stop providing intendance than among those who keep to do then, while carers written report a downturn in life satisfaction after they stop giving intendance. Those who continue are younger than the others, and their labor forcefulness participation rate is college. Significant implications of cessation of care for all 3 areas studied—psychological, health, and economic—are constitute as well: the subjective rating of health and financial adequacy improve whereas life satisfaction decreases. Furthermore, a cessation of intendance moderates the relation between individuals' historic period and their self-rated wellness, which is ameliorate among those who proceed to provide intendance. These results emphasize and deepen our understanding of the cessation-of-intendance phase every bit a central component of the process of intendance for frail older adults by family members. Full article

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International Comparison of Social Support Policies on Long-Term Care in Workplaces in Aging Societies

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A decrease in the working-age population in aging societies causes a shortage of employees in workplaces due to long-term care (LTC) leave for family unit and relatives as well as longer working hours or overwork among those remaining in the workplace. We collected and [...] Read more than.

A decrease in the working-age population in crumbling societies causes a shortage of employees in workplaces due to long-term care (LTC) leave for family and relatives as well as longer working hours or overwork amidst those remaining in the workplace. Nosotros nerveless and analyzed literature and guidelines regarding social-back up policies on LTC in workplaces in 7 countries (Canada, France, Germany, Japan, Sweden, the Great britain, and the USA) to propose an effective style of occupational health back up for those in need. Our analysis indicated the existence of a arrangement that incorporates the public-assistance mechanism of providing unused paid go out to those in need. Additionally, recipients of breezy care provided by employees tended to expand to non-family members under the electric current occupational wellness system. On the other mitt, the wellness management of employees as informal caregivers remained neglected. Besides, salary compensation and financial support for LTC-related exit need to exist improved. In order to monitor and evaluate the progress and achievement of current legal occupational health systems and programs related to the social support of LTC amid employees, the available national and/or country-based quantitative data should be comparable at the international level. Full article

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Italian Adolescent Young Caregivers of Grandparents: Difficulties Experienced and Support Needed in Intergenerational Caregiving—Qualitative Findings from a European union Funded Project

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The article aims to draw the experiences of 87 Italian adolescent young caregivers (AYCs) of grandparents (GrPs), with reference to the caregiving stress appraisement model (CSA) that provides a theoretical lens to explore the difficulties encountered and support needed in their caring role. [...] Read more.

The commodity aims to describe the experiences of 87 Italian adolescent young caregivers (AYCs) of grandparents (GrPs), with reference to the caregiving stress appraisement model (CSA) that provides a theoretical lens to explore the difficulties encountered and support needed in their caring part. Qualitative information were drawn from an online survey conducted within an EU Horizon 2020 funded projection. An inductive thematic analysis was carried out, and the findings were critically interpreted within the conceptual framework of the CSA model. The analysis highlighted 3 categories of difficulties: material, communication and emotional/psychological. The most common material difficulty was the physical strain associated with moving "uncooperative" disabled older adults. The types of back up needed concerned both emotional and material support. The report provides a deeper understanding of the under-studied experiences of AYCs of GrPs. Based on these findings, policies and support measures targeted at AYCs of GrPs should include early needs detection, emotional support and training on intergenerational caring in guild to mitigate the stress drivers. Moreover, the study advances the conceptualisation of the CSA model by considering the above-mentioned aspects related to intergenerational caregiving. Full commodity

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