[Informal caretakers in Spain, their profile and care provided].
The authors carried out a systematic search in main data bases and a methodological content review by paired authors about selected publications. The authors reviewed and analyzed 332 articles about informal caretakers and they chose 182 which complied with their selection criteria. The profile for informal caretakers of persons aged over 65 in Spain is identified as well as the type of care he/she provides. It is worth highlighting the introduction of a new factor in caretaking for the elderly during recent years at a national Spanish level, and since the 1990s on an international level: paid non-professional immigrant caretakers. This phenomenon makes the different traits which ethnic minority caretakers have reflect on the dynamics and the results of this study.
Zabalegui Yarnoz
Adelaida
A
Universidad Internacional de Catalunya, Sant Cugat del Vallés, Barcelona. azabaleg@csc.unica.edu
Juandó Prats
Clara
C
De Ormijana Hernández
Amaia Sáenz
AS
Ramírez Llaras
Anna María
AM
Pulpón Segura
Anna
A
López Rodríguez
Luis
L
Bover Bover
Andreu
A
Cabrera Torres
Esther
E
Corrales
Esther
E
Díaz Benavente
Magdalena
M
Gallart Fernández-Puebla
Albert
A
Gonzälez Valentín
María Araceli
MA
Gual Garćia
María Pilar
MP
Izquierdo Mora
María Dolores
MD
D000368:Aged; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003710:Demography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D005791:Patient Care / Q000592:standards*; D013030:Spain