Informal care: choice or constraint?

ABSTRACT:

Background

'Choice' is increasingly pursued as a goal of social policy. However, the degree to which choice is exercised when entering an informal caring role is open to debate.

Aim

In this study, we examined the degree of choice and constraint in entering a caring role, and the relationship between choice and carers' well-being.

Methods

Data were derived from 1100 responses to a postal survey conducted in a British city. Statistical tests of association and multivariable regression modelling were applied to study the factors associated with choice in entering a caring role and the association that choice in entering a caring role had with carers' well-being.

Results

We found that informal care was generally perceived to be a free choice, albeit in most cases,

SUBMITTER: Al-Janabi H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5873411 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature