Facilitating Informal Support Among Older People Through Community-Based Initiatives: Identifying Underlying Mechanisms
Our findings underscore the need for policies that support informal care through complementary processes, which work in tandem with formal care systems. Policies and practices taking the identified mechanisms into account are likely to stimulate older people to provide informal support to each other in the community, thus enhancing aging in place.
Authors
- Wenran Xia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1373-4858)
- Martina Buljac‐Samardžić (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9608-180X)
- Robbert Huijsman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9776-129X)
- Jeroen D. H. van Wijngaarden
- Jan Smelik
Institutions
- Zorginstituut Nederland (NL)
- Erasmus University Rotterdam (NL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The Gerontologist
- Published
- 2025-02-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnaf070
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.17
Funders
- China Scholarship Council