Is providing informal care a path to meaningful and satisfying ageing?

Lakomý, Martin

doi:10.1080/14616696.2018.1547838

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“…Previous research has indicated that the provision of high intensity care has detrimental effects on the carer’s physical and mental health [ 12 , 49 ] and women more often experience informal care as demanding compared to men [ 7 , 28 ]. In our study, while the majority of WKCs provided care between 1–10 hours per week, men compared with women were more likely to provide care for less than 1 hour a week, while women were more likely than men to provide 60 hours of care or more a week.…”

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Informal care provision among male and female working carers: Findings from a Swedish national survey

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Introduction Informal carers in paid employment–working carers (WKCs)—have complex support needs. However, little is known about WKCs’ pattern of informal care provision, the support they receive, the impact providing care has on their employment, and how these vary between male and female WKCs. This study describes the pattern of informal care provision and received support among Swedish WKCs. Research method/Design The study was a cross-sectional questionnaire-based survey of a stratified random sample of the Swedish population aged 18 or over. The questionnaire addressed the type and extent of informal care provided, support received and the impact of care provision on employment. Of the 30,009 people who received the questionnaire, 11,168 (37.3%) responded, providing an analytic sample of 818 (7.32% of respondents) employed or self-employed informal carers. Findings A typical Swedish WKC was a middle-aged female, providing weekly or daily care to a non-cohabitant parent, who experiences care as sometimes demanding and receives no formal support as a carer. Female WKCs were more likely than males to care alone and with higher intensity, to report a need for help in meeting their care-recipient’s needs, and to experience care as demanding. Approximately 17% of WKCs reported their employment had been affected due to caring, 40% their ability to work, and 31% their career development opportunities. Female WKCs’ ability to work was affected more than males’, and they were more commonly prevented from applying for work. Conclusion Swedish female WKCs compared to males provide more hours of informal care, across more care domains, more often alone. This places them in a challenging situation when combining paid work and care. Greater recognition of the challenges faced by WKCs is required in Sweden and other countries, as are policies to reduce gender inequalities in informal care provision in this group.

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“…Care within the household indicates daily personal care as measured in SHARE. These two types of care should be distinguished to address the large differences in their context and consequences (Broese van Groenou, de Boer, & Iedema, 2013;Colombo, Llena-Nozal, Mercier, & Tjadens, 2011;Lakomý, 2020). Other activities take the value 1 if they are performed at least monthly.…”

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“…Majority of studies examine the causes, covariates, and consequences of activities of older adults in a multivariate perspective (Adams, Leibbrandt, & Moon, 2011;Cattan, Hogg, & Hardill, 2011;Hofäcker & Naumann, 2015;Lakomý, 2020), which is a fruitful approach to the topic. Then, particular research provides descriptive statistics presented in univariate or bivariate form as a framework for a more extensive multivariate analysis (Arpino & Bordone, 2018;Hofäcker & Naumann, 2015;Hubatková, 2018;Igel & Szydlik, 2011).…”

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Prevalence of activities in later life across European regions

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2020

Central European Journal of Public Policy

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The active ageing policy supports several types of activities, including labour force participation, caregiving, social participation, and physical activity. The paper illustrates the prevalence of supported activities across individual characteristics and four supra-national European regions to assess how these activities are available for specific groups of older people. The analysis draws on wave 6 from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe held in 2015. A set of figures describes the availability of activities sorted by gender, age, health status, and the level of education in 17 European countries divided into four regions, and thus, presents the unavailable descriptive data important for researchers and policymakers. The results most of all show that the majority of the 50+ population engages in vigorous physical activity, whilst labour force participation and caregiving concern about one-third of it, and other activities much less. The findings show the inadequacy of the active ageing as a uniform context-insensitive EU policy and detect its potential for raising inequalities in later life, whilst the theoretical implications are discussed.

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“…Some proponents of active aging have presented empirical evidence of the benefits of roles supported by active aging (Marsillas et al, 2017; Reichert and Weidekamp-Maicher, 2004; Walker, 2005). However, the active aging approach does not reflect that the effect of (additional) roles differs by individual characteristics and family conditions of older adults (Hansen et al, 2018; Lakomý, 2020). Specifically, value orientation as an important individual characteristic may affect the outcomes of activities (individuals of certain values benefit more from volunteering), which is a possibility explored by this study.…”

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Individual value orientation, social norms, and volunteering outcomes in later life

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2021

International Journal of Comparative Sociology

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A growing body of scholarship examines the social and personal benefits of volunteering across the life course. However, less is known about how this experience of volunteering varies across different national contexts and how the impact of volunteering is shaped by micro- and macro-conditions. This article utilizes a cross-national multilevel regression analysis of European Values Survey data to explore the benefits of volunteering for two distinct sets of aging populations in the EU: those identified as “materialists” and “postmaterialists.” It finds that a positive association between volunteering and one key indicator of quality of life (“control over life”) generally exists for postmaterialists, while it is more positive in countries with stronger familial norms among materialists. Hence, the role of volunteering in later life is not as uniform as suggested by the active aging approach.

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Is providing informal care a path to meaningful and satisfying ageing?

Cited by 13 publications

References 49 publications

Informal care provision among male and female working carers: Findings from a Swedish national survey

Informal care provision among male and female working carers: Findings from a Swedish national survey

Prevalence of activities in later life across European regions

Individual value orientation, social norms, and volunteering outcomes in later life

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