Egging S, de Boer A H, Stevens N L
Socioaal en Cultureel Planbureau, Den Haag.
Tijdschr Gerontol Geriatr. 2011 Dec;42(6):243-55. doi: 10.1007/s12439-011-0043-0.
This study compared informal care to older, non-coresiding adults provided by friends and neighbours and informal care by children or their partners. Using data from a Dutch representative survey among informal caregivers conducted by CBS and SCP, caregivers of friends (n=133), neighbours (n=108) and parents (n=1,008) were compared with one another to investigate care that friends and neighbours provide to the elderly non-coresiding adults (age 55 and over). Nine percent of those providing care to someone outside the household were friends and nine percent were neighbours. Friends, like children, usually provide long-lasting care, up to four or five years. Friends are similar to neighbours in the number of hours that they provide care. Friends and neighbours experience a lower caregiver burden than children. However, when fulfilling multiple caring tasks, both friends and children, have a greater chance of experiencing higher levels of burden. When there were other caregivers to help, friends experienced a small reduction in burden. Friends and neighbours deserve to be recognized as informal caregivers by policy makers and they deserve attention and support along with family caregivers.
本研究比较了朋友和邻居为年长的非同住成年人提供的非正式照料与子女或其伴侣提供的非正式照料。利用荷兰中央统计局（CBS）和社会与文化规划局（SCP）对非正式照料者进行的一项具有代表性的调查数据，对朋友的照料者（n = 133）、邻居的照料者（n = 108）和父母的照料者（n = 1,008）进行了相互比较，以调查朋友和邻居为55岁及以上的非同住年长成年人提供的照料情况。为家庭以外的人提供照料的人中，9%是朋友，9%是邻居。朋友和子女一样，通常提供长达四五年的长期照料。朋友和邻居提供照料的时长相近。朋友和邻居所承受的照料负担低于子女。然而，当承担多项照料任务时，朋友和子女承受更高负担的可能性都更大。当有其他照料者提供帮助时，朋友承受的负担会稍有减轻。政策制定者应认可朋友和邻居作为非正式照料者的身份，他们应与家庭照料者一样得到关注和支持。
