Getting back or giving back: understanding caregiver motivations and willingness to provide informal care.

ABSTRACT: Background: Informal caregivers are those providing care, which exceeds that which is typically provided, to a relative or friend with care needs. Informal caregiving constitutes the backbone of a society's care supply and with ageing populations the need for informal care is growing. We know little as to why caregivers start caring and continue doing so, yet understanding of motivations and willingness to provide care is important if informal caregivers are to be supported. However, both motivations and willingness are inconsistently defined making it difficult to compare the empirical findings that do exist. Methods: This paper reviews and synthesises thinking about the theoretical constructs of motivations to provide care and willingness to perform informal care, and prese

SUBMITTER: Zarzycki M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8281125 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature