Place4Carers: a multi-method participatory study to co-design, piloting, and transferring a novel psycho-social service for engaging family caregivers in remote rural settings.

Background: Family caregivers are key actors in the ageing society. They are mediators between practitioners and patients and usually provide also essential daily services for the elders. However, till now, few services have been deployed to help caregivers in their care tasks as in improving their mental health which can experience sever burden due to caregiving duties.

How to prevent and avoid barriers in co-production with family carers living in rural and remote area: an Italian case study.

Background: Co-production has been widely recognised as a potential means to reduce the dissatisfaction of citizens, the inefficacy of service providers, and conflicts in relations between the former and the latter. However, the benefits of co-production has begun to be questioned: co-production has often been taken for granted, and its effects may not be effective. To understand and prevent unsuccessful citizen and provider collaboration, the recent literature has begun to focus on the causes of co-destruction.

Facilitating co-production in public services: Empirical evidence from a co-design experience with family caregivers living in a remote and rural area.

The involvement of vulnerable actors in co-production activities is a debated topic in the current public service literature. While vulnerable actors should have the same opportunities to be involved as other actors, they may not have the needed competences, skills and attitudes to contribute to this process.This paper is part of a broader project on family caregivers' engagement in remote and rural areas.

Place4Carers: a mixed-method study protocol for engaging family caregivers in meaningful actions for successful ageing in place.

Introduction: Engaging family caregivers could be a critical asset to make the 'ageing-in-place' imperative a reality. This is particularly evident in rural and remote areas, where caregivers can fill the gaps that exist due to the fragmentation of the welfare system. However, there is little knowledge about the expectations that family caregivers have from healthcare services in rural and remote areas.

Supporting family caregiver engagement in the care of old persons living in hard to reach communities: A scoping review.

Today, 8.5% of the world's population is 65 and over, and this statistic will reach 17% by 2050 (He et al., U.