Understanding What Eldercare Means for Employees and Organizations: A Review and Recommendations for Future Research

FSSBs and Elderly Care: Exploring the Role of Organizational Context on Employees’ Overall Health and Work–Family Balance Satisfaction

“…This finding deepens our knowledge of the antecedents of FSSBs (Crain & Stevens, 2018) and addresses the lack of empirical evidence particularly from an organizational culture perspective . Understanding what drives FSSBs is crucial in the light of the evidence that they constitute practical and relatively lesscostly interventions that organizations can capture to drive the subordinates' functioning at work (Kossek et al, 2017;Bond et al, 2006;Burch et al, 2018).…”

The Psychological Consequences of the COVID-19 on Residents and Staff in Nursing Homes

“…Some of them even come to work while symptomatic because their employers exert pressure or because they have a strong desire to provide high-quality service for the residents ( Fell, 2008 ). However, it is worth noting that high degree of work overload or irregular work hours is likely to cause many negative consequences on the health and safety of nurses, such as poor quality of care offered, increased sickness absenteeism, and even severe damage of the immune systems for the nurses ( Burch et al, 2019 ; Rauhala et al, 2007 ), we thus suggest that work overload is another major concern for nursing homes during the pandemic.…”

“…Specifically, due to unexpected staff shortages, high job demands and low resources during the pandemic period, many nurses must perform extra tasks and duties falling outside of their job descriptions ( Jackson et al, 2020 ). Moreover, there are increased anxiety and mental health needs from the residents as well as within the nursing team on a daily basis ( Burch, Dugan, & Barnes-Farrell, 2019 ; Jackson et al, 2020 ), during the pandemic period. Hence, in order to be responsive and provide sufficient care for the residents, nurses need to input an adequate amount of time and effort in the nursing homes.…”

Acquired and Persistent Eldercare Demands: Impact on Worker Well-Being

“…Of the four groups examined, those with acquired ECD made up the smallest group of participants (29 of 520), which may have affected our ability to detect associations with outcomes. Our measure of ECD also does not distinguish the degree of eldercare demand such as type of care provided (hands-on or administrative), number of hours spent caregiving, whether the elder resides with the worker, or the elder’s functional status, which prevents us from having a better understanding of the specific aspects of ECD that affect workers and might be targeted for intervention (Burch et al, 2018). Finally, use of a resources-based perspective to frame this article and focusing on eldercare as a demand may overshadow evidence that shows caregiving for older adults also has beneficial effects; examining eldercare as a role-enriching activity that can build resources is an area of research that should be expanded (Tement & Korunka, 2015).…”

“…Various studies have linked ECD to stress and strain, decreased psychological health (including depression), poor subjective well-being, and diminished physical health (Burch, Dugan, & Barnes-Farrell, 2018; Calvano, 2013; Duxbury, Higgins, & Smart, 2011; Pinquart & Sörensen, 2003). Associations have been found between ECD and interrole conflict (i.e., work-to-family, family-to-work) and work-related outcomes including absenteeism, presenteeism, poorer work performance, and lower work engagement (Burch et al, 2018; Gordon, Pruchno, Wilson-Genderson, Murphy, & Rose, 2012). However, few studies take into account the accumulation of work and family role demands that drain a person’s resources and potentially affect outcomes, in addition to ECD (Solberg, Solberg, & Peterson, 2014).…”