The Health Impact of Intensive and Nonintensive Grandchild Care in Europe: New Evidence From SHARE

2015154 citationsJournal Articlehybrid Open Access

Authors

Giorgio Di Gessa · King's College London

Abstract

Our results show better health among grandparents who provided grandchild care in the European countries studied. These results are important given the widespread provision of grandchild care in Europe.

Topics & Keywords

Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving Health disparities and outcomes Global Health Care Issues

UN Sustainable Development Goals

No poverty

Publication Details

Published in: The Journals of Gerontology Series B

Volume 71, Issue 5, pp. 867-879

DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbv055

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