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While considerable efforts are being made to consolidate and implement the principle of gender equality, the gender pay gap remains a real problem. One of the reasons for this gap is the traditional role of women in caring for children and other relatives. By devoting a significant part of their time to the unpaid care function, women have fewer opportunities to participate in employment relationships. This leads to women's poorer financial situation, limited career opportunities, and a higher risk of poverty in old age. Therefore, both at the EU and national level, there has been a search for optimal ways to enable female caregivers to remain in the labour market and ensure their income levels. This article provides an overview of the situation of female caregivers and the legal measures taken by Lithuania and Estonia (both EU Member States) to improve the situation of women performing unpaid care functions in labour relationships.

Alzheimer's disease is an illness of the brain. It causes large numbers of nerve cells in the brain to die. This affects a person's ability to remember things and think clearly. People with AD become forgetful and easily confused. They may have a hard time concentrating and behave in odd ways. These problems get worse as the illness gets worse, making it more difficult for caregivers. Caring for a person with Alzheimer's disease is a challenge that calls upon the patience, creativity, knowledge, and skills of each caregiver. This book is for those who provide in-home care for people with Alzhe

There is urgent need to effectively support the well-being of rural palliative family caregivers (FCGs). A mixed method study was conducted with 23 FCGs. Data collection included completion of an assessment questionnaire and semistructured interviews. The most prevalent needs identified by questionnaire were caring for the patient's pain, fatigue, body, and nourishment; FCG's fatigue and need for respite. Yet few FCGs wanted more attention to these needs by healthcare providers. FCGs resisted considering their own personal needs. Instead, they focused on needs related to providing care including to be(come) a palliative caregiver, be skilled and know more, navigate competing wishes, needs, demands, and priorities, and for "an extra pair of hands." Gaps in rural palliative services contributed to low expectations for assistance; reluctance to seek assistance was influenced by FCGs' resourcefulness and independence. Findings suggest that supporting FCGs will most likely be successful when framed in relation to their caregiving role.

This article analyzes caregivers' narratives in France and Japan from a comparative perspective. After reproducing institutional elements of the perspective of the two situations, the article focuses on showing the heuristic value of a qualitative comparison, presenting the difficulties as well. Caregivers' language is analyzed through the implementation of a two-axis orientation concept: the mobilization of their resources and the evaluation of care organization. This positioning of caregivers reveals four distinct poles that allow us to draw proximity between caregivers beyond national contexts and the difference in the situations of cared persons.

Intro -- TITLE PAGE -- COPYRIGHT PAGE -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- FOREWORD BY DR. MICHAEL KAILAS -- PREFACE -- PROLOGUE -- CHAPTER 1: EVERYTHING'S BLURRY -- CHAPTER 2: PARAMEDICS DON'T ALWAYS RUSH -- CHAPTER 3: NO. I MEAN, YES -- CHAPTER 4: UNTHINKABLE ODDS -- CHAPTER 5: CALLING THE WORLD -- CHAPTER 6: BREATHE, DAVID, BREATHE! -- CHAPTER 7: THE SQUEEZE GAME -- CHAPTER 8: OVER THE RIVER -- CHAPTER 9: WHAT A MESS! -- CHAPTER 10: PACKING FOR UNCERTAINTY -- CHAPTER 11: HEARTHS -- CHAPTER 12: RIP VAN WINKLE -- CHAPTER 13: CAMPUSES -- CHAPTER 14: SURPRISES -- CHAPTER 15: EMOTIONAL ROLLER COASTER -- CHAPTER 16: THIRD TIME'S A CHARM -- CHAPTER 17: PHEW! -- CHAPTER 18: COLORFUL ROOMMATE -- CHAPTER 19: BEFRIENDING THE STAFF -- CHAPTER 20: CATCHING UP -- CHAPTER 21: "DON'T WORRY" MEANS "WORRY" -- CHAPTER 22: "I LOVE YOU!" -- CHAPTER 23: MUSIC FOR HEALING -- CHAPTER 24: ETR (EXPECTED TIME FOR RECOVERY) -- CHAPTER 25: CLOSE LIVING WEARS THIN -- CHAPTER 26: PRISONERS WITHOUT BARS -- CHAPTER 27: APRIL FOOL'S JOKE? -- CHAPTER 28: BARELY STAYING SANE -- CHAPTER 29: BETTY -- CHAPTER 30: AN INVITATION TO SPEAK -- CHAPTER 31: OPEN-AIR GYM -- CHAPTER 32: DEFINITELY NOT A VACATION -- CHAPTER 33: KRISTIN -- CHAPTER 34: PARADE OF HELPERS -- CHAPTER 35: ANGELA -- CHAPTER 36: RETURNING TO WORK -- CHAPTER 37: MONIQUE -- CHAPTER 38: ROCKY LOOK-ALIKE -- CHAPTER 39: WIND RIVER -- CHAPTER 40: INVISIBLE TBI -- CHAPTER 41: NEW NORMAL -- EPILOGUE -- AFTERWORD BY DAVID FIGURSKI -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR.