New EU study aims to boost resilience in millions of unpaid caregivers

Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.

Inclusion criteria for recruiting participants will be... For informal caregivers: o currently providing - or having provided within the last 6 months - unpaid care or support to a family member, partner, or friend receiving long-term care services; For long-term care workers: * employed in a long-term care setting at one of the participating research sites; * directly involved in care provision or implementation of the new practices under study; For care recipients: * currently receiving care from long-term care workers and/or informal caregivers; * requiring support with everyday personal care and/or more complex daily tasks due to ageing, chronic illness, disability or frailty; * living in the community or in a long-term care setting included in the study; \- for other stakeholders: * involved directly or indirectly in the planning, management, or implementation of the newly adopted practices at the research site; For all participants: * aged 18 years or older; * able to provide informed consent; * sufficient proficiency in the local language to complete the questionnaire and/or participate in an interview; The exclusion criteria for recruiting participants will be... * having a (permanent or temporary) psychiatric disorder or mental illness which makes the person unable to understand instructions and participate in the study activities; * experiencing circumstances that would make participation unduly burdensome (e.g., acute stress or illness); * providing care for fewer than the minimum number of hours required for inclusion; the threshold will be defined per country in a context-sensitive way, reflecting national differences and the characteristics of the implemented practices and their target populations; * only being involved in the provision or receiving of short-term or acute care (i.e., not long-term care);