Family as failure? The role of informal help-givers to disabled people in Sweden

Help-giver to person(s) <64 years (no particular care needs)Help-giver to person(s) <64 years (particular care needs)Help-giver to person(s) 65+ (no particular care needs)Help-giver to person(s) 65+ (particular care needs)%157615N27011998242Mean hours17501937

Table 2.

Demographic, education and health characteristics of informal help-givers and non-help-givers (%) in the county of Stockholm, in 2000.

Not help-giverHelp-giver to person(s) <64 (no particular care needs)Help-giver to person(s) <64 (particular care needs)Help-giver to person(s) 65+ (no particular care needs)Help-giver to person(s) 65+ (particular care needs)Mean age46.43.46.4750Women5050584862Married or cohabiting6171646568Higher education3736363837Blue collar worker2934443732First gen. immigrant1112271115Paid employment6572656969Poor over all health631026Insomnia or occasional problems with sleep2119272125No reported psychological or stress symptoms5455355950N96727011998242

Table 3.

The focus of informal help-giving (%) in the county of Stockholm, in 2000.

Help-giver to person(s) <64 (particular care needs)Help-giver to person (s) 65+ (particular care needs)Relationship to help recipient:Spouse117Child299Mother2837Father1119Sibling146Type of informal tasks performed:Contact, togetherness6972Tending, looking after6357Household work5653Gardening, repair work4138Transport4351Administration3139Personal (body) care2525N119242

Table 4.

The context and consequences of informal help-giving (%), in the county of Stockholm, in 2000.

Help-giver to person(s) <64 (particular care needs)Help-giver to person(s) 65+ (particular care needs)Alone as help-giver2420Recipient receives support from municipality2431Feeling of confinement2528Feeling of satisfaction5550Feeling of stress and worry2530Impact on economy1610N119242

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/15017410802253518 | Journal eISSN: 1745-3011

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Language: English

Page range: 35 - 49

Submitted on: Jun 18, 2007

Published on: Apr 1, 2009

Published by: Stockholm University Press

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Keywords:

family,

family care,

informal care,

informal help-givers,

long-term illness,

disability

© 2009 Eva Jeppsson Grassman, Anna Whitaker, Annika Taghizadeh Larsson, published by Stockholm University Press
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