A taxonomy of the economic costs of family care to adults

Journal of the Economics of Ageing

Volumn 3, Issue , 2014, Pages 11-20

  Keating, Norah C ^a,c   Fast, Janet E ^a   Lero, Donna S ^b   Lucas, Sarah J ^a   Eales, Jacquie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caregiving labor; Economic costs of care; Employment consequences; Family caregiving; Out of pocket expenses

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901366670     PISSN: 2212828X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeoa.2014.03.002     Document Type: Article

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