Open AccessCaregiving, volunteering or both? Comparing effects on health and mortality using census-based records from almost 250,000 people aged 65 and over
Author(s) -
Dermot O’Reilly,
Michael Rosato,
Finola Ferry,
John Moriarty,
Gerard Leavy
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
age and ageing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.014
H-Index - 143
eISSN - 1468-2834
pISSN - 0002-0729
DOI - 10.1093/ageing/afx017
Subject(s) - medicine , demography , gerontology , census , population , health and retirement study , confidence interval , mental health , cohort , environmental health , psychiatry , sociology
he health impacts of caregiving and volunteering are rarely studied concurrently, despite the potential for both synergies and conflicts. This population-based study examines the association of these activities on health and subsequent mortality.
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