Use of formal and informal care services among older people in Ireland and France

Gannon, Brenda; Davin, Bérengère

doi:10.1007/s10198-010-0247-1

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“…One area of research that has gained significant attention in the recent years is the interplay between informal caregiving and other types of care supplied by institutionalized health and social-care systems, frequently labelled as "formal care" (Bolin et al, 2008;Bonsang, 2009;Gannon and Davin, 2010;Jimenez-Martin and Prieto, 2011;Lo Sasso and Johnson, 2002;McMaughan Moudouni et al, 2012;Spillman and Pezzin, 2000;Van Houtven and Norton, 2004;Yoo et al, 2004). Empirical studies have provided mixed evidence regarding the nature and the sign of the link between the two types of care.…”

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Does informal care impact utilization of healthcare services? Evidence from a longitudinal study of stroke patients

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2015

Social Science & Medicine

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Does informal care impact utilization of healthcare services? Evidence from a longitudinal study of stroke patients

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Calciolari

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2015

Social Science & Medicine

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“…The authors determined that informal and formal homecare are substitutes, while informal care is a complement to doctor and hospital visits. Furthermore, Gannon and Davin (2010) studied the use of formal and informal care services among older people in Ireland and France. Their results highlighted some health care allocation problems which indicate the increased need of homecare services for dependent elderly people.…”

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Homecare Service Providers as an Organizational Form of Support for the Elderly: Establishment and Planning of Optimal Capacity

2017

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Background and Purpose: Different studies have highlighted health care allocation problems in Slovenia that indicate the increased need for homecare services for the elderly. It was also found that Slovenian municipalities differ dramatically in the availability of elder care services. A number of older people with diverse unmet needs for care remains. Therefore, the need for the establishment of an additional type of formal homecare services for the elderly exists. Design/Methodology/Approach: Although many positive effects of home elder care against institutional care are stressed in the literature, the results of many studies performed in recent years have indicated that accessibility of homecare for elderly in Slovenia remains scarce, and it is not equally accessible throughout the country. To mitigate this problem, a new organizational form called "elder homecare service provider" is indicated. The aim of the provider is to offer a variety of different services for the elderly (e.g. homemaking, social networking, transfer services, basic life needs, basic health services, etc.). The establishment of such an organization needs to be designed carefuly, while the unique characteristics and specific needs of the target population must be addressed to optimize desired outcomes. Results: The aim of the paper is to provide fundamental guidelines for the establishment of elder homecare service provider. All essential characteristics of such an organization are defined. To ensure an appropriate level of service quality, the primarly focus is oriented towards the planning of personnel team capacity. For this purpose, the service provider was described using the stochastic queueing model, which enables service capacity optimization considering different performance measures. The usefulness of the model was illustrated with a numerical example, which has shown that the results obtained provide valuable information for decision support. Conclusion:The establishment of a homecare service provider network would have many positive effects on society in general. The quality of the everyday life of the elderly is expected to be improved considerably, particularly in the rural areas where a lack of institutional care support is reported. Guidelines proposed in the paper together with the quantitave model for planning of its optimal capacity provide useful information, which are especially relevant in the preliminary phase of the establishment of service providers.

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“…In addition, Gannon and Davin (2010) find rather substitutive than comple-2 Balia and Brau (2014) and Bruni and Ugolini (2016) States also in more recent contributions (Li and Jensen, 2011;Guo et al, 2015).…”

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“…Gannon and Davin (2010) and Charles and Sevak (2005) clearly illustrate the potential bias when not accounting properly for the simultaneous nature of LTC utilization decisions and the potential interdependencies between IC and FC. However, many of the papers focusing on the determinants for choice in LTC cited in the previous paragraphs are based on econometric models ignoring such simultaneity and interdependencies.…”

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Informal, Formal, or Both? Assessing the Drivers of Home Care Utilization in Austria Using a Simultaneous Decision Framework

2017

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Understanding the relation between different types of long-term care and the determinants of individual choice of long-term care types is fundamental for efficient policy making in times of ageing societies. However, empirical research on this issue has revealed both national and methodological factors as crucial for the policy conclusions drawn. Thus, the purpose of the present paper is twofold: First, at least to our knowledge, it is the first comprehensive assessment of this kind for Austria. Second, it extends the scarce literature explicitly focusing on the combined use of informal and formal care in addition to the exclusive use of these services based on an econometric framework accounting for the simultaneity and interdependencies in these types of long-term care. Our results provide strong evidence for a taskspecific and complementary relation of formal and informal home care in Austria, with the health status and functional limitations as the main determinants of individual choice. AbstractUnderstanding the relation between different types of long-term care (LTC) and the determinants of individual choice of LTC types is fundamental for efficient policy making in times of aging societies. However, empirical research on this issue has revealed both national and methodological factors as crucial for the policy conclusions drawn. Thus, the purpose of the present paper is twofold: First, at least to our knowledge, it is the first comprehensive assessment of this kind for Austria. Second, it extends the scarce literature explicitly focusing on the combined use of informal and formal care in addition to the exclusive use of these services based on an econometric framework accounting for the simultaneity and interdependencies in these types of LTC. Our results provide strong evidence for a task-specific and complementary relation of formal and informal home care in Austria, with the health status and functional limitations as the main determinants of individual choice.

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Use of formal and informal care services among older people in Ireland and France

Cited by 58 publications

References 30 publications

Does informal care impact utilization of healthcare services? Evidence from a longitudinal study of stroke patients

Does informal care impact utilization of healthcare services? Evidence from a longitudinal study of stroke patients

Homecare Service Providers as an Organizational Form of Support for the Elderly: Establishment and Planning of Optimal Capacity

Informal, Formal, or Both? Assessing the Drivers of Home Care Utilization in Austria Using a Simultaneous Decision Framework

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