Covid-19 Crisis = care crisis? Changes in care provision and care-givers' well-being during the Covid-19 Pandemic

Abstract

This chapter examines the situation of individuals providing unpaid support or care for persons suffering from poor health, disability or age-related frailty during the Covid-19 pandemic. The following questions are addressed: Did more people provide support or care for others during the first Covid-19 wave than before the pandemic, or was there a decline? Was there a change in who was being cared for? Did care-givers' well-being change? Did care-givers wish for more help and support during the first Covid-19 wave?