This study aims at assessing the effects of social relationships on the survival, functional ability and mental health of the elderly, through a review of the published evidence in international papers and the results of the population longitudinal study Aging in Leganés. The results show that...

Most studies on the care of dependent people have been at the national level and have focused on formal paid care. The aim of this working paper is to offer a comparative global picture of adult care systems—comprising paid and unpaid care—that have been developed in the different regions of...