Cargando…
Well‐being losses by providing informal care to elderly people: Evidence from 310 caregivers in Shanghai, China
A series of policies aimed toward rational resource allocation of long‐term care have being actively discussed since the launch of the social long‐term care insurance in Shanghai, and it is important to take a societal perspective for informed decision‐making. This study aims to explore factors that...
Autores principales: | , , , |
---|---|
Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
Publicado: |
John Wiley and Sons Inc.
2021
|
Materias: | |
Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8252638/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33662175 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/hsc.13330 |
_version_ | 1783717344619528192 |
---|---|
author | Liu, Wenwei Zhang, Huimin Yuan, Suwei Lyu, Tongzhou |
author_facet | Liu, Wenwei Zhang, Huimin Yuan, Suwei Lyu, Tongzhou |
author_sort | Liu, Wenwei |
collection | PubMed |
description | A series of policies aimed toward rational resource allocation of long‐term care have being actively discussed since the launch of the social long‐term care insurance in Shanghai, and it is important to take a societal perspective for informed decision‐making. This study aims to explore factors that are associated with well‐being of informal caregivers in Shanghai, and to provide empirical evidence of application of an established well‐being valuation method to monetise informal caregivers' well‐being losses in a developing country. 310 informal caregivers of applicants for social long‐term care insurance in Shanghai were interviewed. Univariate and multivariate analyses were conducted to explore the associated factors with life satisfaction of the caregivers. The monetary values of an additional hour of caregiving with and without specification of care tasks were estimated by the well‐being valuation method. Life satisfaction was consistently associated with monthly income, health status, and caring hours of the caregivers. The money needed to compensate one additional hour of caring per week was 12.58 CNY (0.3% of the monthly income), and 96.95 CNY (2.0% of the monthly income) for activities of daily living (ADL) tasks. Income, health status, and caregiving are significantly associated with well‐being of informal caregivers. Caregivers in relatively poor health condition and/or involved in more ADL tasks should be particularly considered in supporting policies in Shanghai. |
format | Online Article Text |
id | pubmed-8252638 |
institution | National Center for Biotechnology Information |
language | English |
publishDate | 2021 |
publisher | John Wiley and Sons Inc. |
record_format | MEDLINE/PubMed |
spelling | pubmed-82526382021-07-09 Well‐being losses by providing informal care to elderly people: Evidence from 310 caregivers in Shanghai, China Liu, Wenwei Zhang, Huimin Yuan, Suwei Lyu, Tongzhou Health Soc Care Community Original Articles A series of policies aimed toward rational resource allocation of long‐term care have being actively discussed since the launch of the social long‐term care insurance in Shanghai, and it is important to take a societal perspective for informed decision‐making. This study aims to explore factors that are associated with well‐being of informal caregivers in Shanghai, and to provide empirical evidence of application of an established well‐being valuation method to monetise informal caregivers' well‐being losses in a developing country. 310 informal caregivers of applicants for social long‐term care insurance in Shanghai were interviewed. Univariate and multivariate analyses were conducted to explore the associated factors with life satisfaction of the caregivers. The monetary values of an additional hour of caregiving with and without specification of care tasks were estimated by the well‐being valuation method. Life satisfaction was consistently associated with monthly income, health status, and caring hours of the caregivers. The money needed to compensate one additional hour of caring per week was 12.58 CNY (0.3% of the monthly income), and 96.95 CNY (2.0% of the monthly income) for activities of daily living (ADL) tasks. Income, health status, and caregiving are significantly associated with well‐being of informal caregivers. Caregivers in relatively poor health condition and/or involved in more ADL tasks should be particularly considered in supporting policies in Shanghai. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021-03-04 2021-05 /pmc/articles/PMC8252638/ /pubmed/33662175 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/hsc.13330 Text en © 2021 The Authors. Health and Social Care in the Community published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made. |
spellingShingle | Original Articles Liu, Wenwei Zhang, Huimin Yuan, Suwei Lyu, Tongzhou Well‐being losses by providing informal care to elderly people: Evidence from 310 caregivers in Shanghai, China |
title | Well‐being losses by providing informal care to elderly people: Evidence from 310 caregivers in Shanghai, China |
title_full | Well‐being losses by providing informal care to elderly people: Evidence from 310 caregivers in Shanghai, China |
title_fullStr | Well‐being losses by providing informal care to elderly people: Evidence from 310 caregivers in Shanghai, China |
title_full_unstemmed | Well‐being losses by providing informal care to elderly people: Evidence from 310 caregivers in Shanghai, China |
title_short | Well‐being losses by providing informal care to elderly people: Evidence from 310 caregivers in Shanghai, China |
title_sort | well‐being losses by providing informal care to elderly people: evidence from 310 caregivers in shanghai, china |
topic | Original Articles |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8252638/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33662175 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/hsc.13330 |
work_keys_str_mv | AT liuwenwei wellbeinglossesbyprovidinginformalcaretoelderlypeopleevidencefrom310caregiversinshanghaichina AT zhanghuimin wellbeinglossesbyprovidinginformalcaretoelderlypeopleevidencefrom310caregiversinshanghaichina AT yuansuwei wellbeinglossesbyprovidinginformalcaretoelderlypeopleevidencefrom310caregiversinshanghaichina AT lyutongzhou wellbeinglossesbyprovidinginformalcaretoelderlypeopleevidencefrom310caregiversinshanghaichina |