informal caregiver
collocation in Englishmeaningsofinformalandcaregiver
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informal
adjective
uk/ɪnˈfɔː.məl/us/ɪnˈfɔːr.məl/
not formal ...
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caregiver
noun[C]
uk/ˈkeəˌɡɪv.ər/us/ˈkerˌɡɪv.ɚ/
someone who takes care of a person who is young, old, ...
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(Definition ofinformalandcaregiverfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofinformal caregiver
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These opportunity costs are set equal to the value of the best alternative use of time by theinformalcaregiver.
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A major input in the treatment of the patient of aninformalcaregiveris time.
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This paper focuses on valuation of the care provided by theinformalcaregiverin home care in health economic appraisals.
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Of the 59 patients, 39 had aninformalcaregiver.
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Table 2 combines the time theinformalcaregiverspent providing care with the time that the patient was enrolled in home care.
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Providing informal care may affect the well-being of theinformalcaregiversince it involves all kinds of pleasant and unpleasant activities.
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Ten percent of the patients with aninformalcaregiverhad care during the daytime seven days per week.
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If quality of life of theinformalcaregiveris being measured and included, caution is recommended as double-counting may be a risk.
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Travel costs may be important when aninformalcaregiverdoes not live nearby.
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Finally, a difference can be observed between members of the same household acting as aninformalcaregiverand someone else acting as aninformalcaregiver.
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The time spent in being aninformalcaregivercan naturally vary.
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Table 1 illustrates different scenarios for possible changes in work patterns or social patterns as a result of an individual becoming aninformalcaregiver.
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We have used hourly net salary to estimate the value of time spent caring by theinformalcaregiver.
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A lengthy illness might cause considerable distress for theinformalcaregiver(for instance, reduced performance on paid work).
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Such a decision under uncertainty may perhaps be pictured better through a simple decision tree in which the potentialinformalcaregiveris unaware of the length of the care period.
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We believe that indirect costs in the case of advanced home care should be calculated as a production loss for theinformalcaregiveras well as the patient.
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Sixty-six percent of the patients had aninformalcaregiver, most of them for 24 hours every day, and 10 (17%) were younger than 65 years of age.
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Sixty-five percent of the patients had aninformalcaregiver, either a close relative or significant other, and 70% of those had informal care around the clock.
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It seems useful to incorporate these effects of informal care on quality of life of theinformalcaregiverin the analysis in terms of quality of life.
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It would not be helpful to follow traditional normative approaches without considering the meaning of the condition to each individual with dementia and eachinformalcaregiver.
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