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The Caregiver Support Ratio in Europe: Estimating the Future of Potentially (Un...
Ribeiro, O; Araujo, L; Figueiredo, D; Paul, C; Teixeira, LThe caregiver support ratio (CSR) is defined as the number of potential caregivers aged 45–64 years, the most common caregiving age range, for each person aged 80+, the subgroup of older adults most at risk of needing long-term services and support. This study uses data from the CENSUS HUB database and from the UN database to calculate the current (last year available: 2011) and projected (2020, 2030, 2040 and ...
Caring and Working during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Perspective of Portuguese Resi...
Barbosa, MM; Teixeira, L; Paul, C; Yanguas, J; Afonso, RMResidential care facilities (RCF) for older people are facing high demands due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The aim of this study was to explore the workers’ perspectives on the changes in work and care dynamics amidst the first wave of the pandemic at Portuguese RCF. This is a descriptive, quantitative, and cross-sectional study. An online questionnaire about pandemic-induced changes in work and care dynamics was...
Staff Assessment Person-Directed Care Questionnaire: Adaptation and Validation ...
Barbosa, MM; Teixeira, L; Yanguas, J; Paul, C; Afonso, RMPerson-centered care aims to increase and guarantee the quality of care at residential care facilities for older adults. The implementation and development of this approach requires validated assessment tools, which are still lacking in Portugal. This study aims to adapt and validate for the Portuguese population the internationally and widely used essential instrument that is the Staff Assessment Person-Direct...
Health status, living arrangements, and service use at 100: findings from the O...
Ribeiro, O.; Araujo, L.; Teixeira, L.; Duarte, N.; Brandao, D.; Martin, I.; Paul, CThis paper describes the sociodemographic characteristics, health status, and service use of centenarians living in the community and centenarians residing in an elder care facility/ nursing home and examines their main differences. Participants were 140 centenarians from the populationbased Oporto Centenarian Study (Mage = 101.2; SD = 1.6). Main findings revealed that the majority of the centenarians lived at ...