The social and economic burden on family caregivers for older adults in the Czech Republic

Abstract Background In this paper, we analyse the economic burden of elder care in the Czech Republic by assessing how family members of senior citizens engage in caregiving. To do this, we examined the time and cost associated with caregiving as a function of age, gender, and income of the caregive...

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Main Authors: Petra Maresova, Sunwoo Lee, Oluwaseun Omolaja Fadeyi, Kamil Kuca
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-05-01
Series:BMC Geriatrics
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12877-020-01571-2