ArticleEuropean journal of population = Revue europeenne de demographie2023
Does Caring for Parents Take Its Toll? Gender Differences in Caregiving Intensity, Coresidence, and Psychological Well-Being Across Europe.
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- Gender differences in informal caregiving costs and burden in Alzheimer disease: a multinational cross-sectional analysis.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Frail parents and adult children's life-satisfaction: a longitudinal analysis of Norwegian data.European journal of ageing · 2025Article
- Time, Ideologies, and Care: Gendered Patterns of Parental Involvement in the UK and Portugal.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Midlife blues: A lifespan perspective on midlife depressive symptoms.Psychology and aging · 2025Article
- The Intersection of Gender, Culture and Society for Caregivers of Older Adults Ageing in Place in Ontario, Canada.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2025Article
- Caregiver burden, psychological well-being, and support needs among Swedish informal caregivers.BMC public health · 2025Article
- The Effect of Parental Caregiving on the Fertility Expectations of Adult Children.European journal of population = Revue europeenne de demographie · 2024Article
- Unveiling the dynamics of older person care: a qualitative exploration of the intersection between formal and Informal Caregiving from the perspectives of registered nurses in Greece.BMC health services research · 2024Article
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Abstract
Given population ageing and the emphasis on in-home care, more working-age adults are facing the demands of providing unpaid care to the elderly with potential implications for their own well-being. Such effects likely vary across Europe because care is differently organized with a differing emphasis on public support, dependence on family, and orientation toward gender equality. We studied the relationship between unpaid caregiving for elderly parents and the psychological well-being of older working-age (50-64) men and women by analysing data from the Survey of Health, Retirement, and Ageing in Europe (SHARE), covering 18 countries between 2004 and 2020 (N = 24,338), using ordinary least squares (OLS). We examined risk of depression by caregiving intensity and tested whether coresidence mediated outcomes. Men and women providing care to parents experience important psychological well-being losses across Europe, especially when caregiving is intensive. A heavier caregiving burden associated with coresidence explains a regime gradient in depression, not least for women in Southern Europe. Results highlight the spillover costs of unpaid caregiving across Europe and the need to address caregiver psychological well-being, especially in contexts where state support for elder care is low and coresidence is common.
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