Transitions in formal and informal care utilisation amongst older Europeans: The impact of national contexts

European Journal of Ageing

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 27-37

  Geerts, Joanna ^a,b   van den Bosch, Karel ^a,b  

^a Federal Planning Bureau   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Formal home care; Informal care; Long term care; Longitudinal analysis; SHARE

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860636219     PISSN: 16139372     EISSN: 16139380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10433-011-0199-z     Document Type: Article

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