The Amazon Echo first debuted in November 2014 with limited availability to Prime members who signed up for an invite.
The Swedish legislation puts emphasis on access to health services based on assessment of individual needs and availability to all members of society on equal terms [ 18, 19].
The effective exchange and availability of these developed materials to members of the research team, and the contact persons of the intervention UMCs was facilitated by making them accessible on a secured section of the project website.
This study therefore measured the availability of family members to help an older member of their family.
The availability of staff members to accompany patients to appointments and for home visits reduces the risk of cases being lost to follow-up.
A central tenet of the Nordic welfare state model is to ensure provision of health care services and institutional care according to the citizens' needs, independent of personal wealth, availability of family members to deliver informal care, or place of residence [ 13, 15].
Therefore, the proportion of spouse caregivers who are also older is relatively higher, and the availability of family members to share care on a daily basis is relatively lower when compared to that in China [ 2, 3].
As our population ages, a report (PDF) to the Cabinet Office and Department of Health suggests that the UK will reach a "tipping point" where the number of older people will exceed the availability of family members to provide care.
The availability of family members to support the delivery of care may similarly explain the modest positive associations seen with being married, divorced, separated or widowed rather than single and the negative association with the HoNOS problems with relationships item.
Due to time restraints and availability, fewer family members than anticipated were able to participate, which may have limited the findings from their perspective.
