Adult children stepping in? Long-term care reforms and trends in children's provision of household support to impaired parents in the Netherlands

Broek, Thijs van den; Dykstra, Pearl A.; Veen, Romke van der

doi:10.1017/s0144686x17000836

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“…A third explanation is that the terminal phase might lead to changes in sons' and daughters' view of life. Facing the death of a parent is an existential experience and may lead to changes in the choices that men and women make in their own lives (Umberson 2003). If this is the case, the results presented here suggest that caregiving sons and daughters are more liable to respond this way.…”

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The Impact of Informal Caregiving on Labour Supply Before and After a Parent’s Death

Vangen¹

2020

Population Ageing

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Most European countries are facing an ageing population, which points to a need for having as many people as possible of employable age working full time. The growing number of older people increases the pressure on health and care services as well as on family caregivers. Adult children are important care-providers in their parents' final years. This study investigates how having a parent in need of care affects sons' and daughters' labour market participation. The question is investigated by analysing longitudinal data from the Norwegian life course, ageing and generation study. The empirical strategy is first to use register information about parents' demise as an indicator for amplified care needs in the period prior to their death and explore patterns in labour market participation (employment and earnings) before and after the death of a parent. Then, register data are combined with survey data in order to separate caregivers from non-caregivers prior to the loss of a parent. The analyses show a negative employment trend in the years before and after the loss of a lone parent. They also show a different development in earnings between caregivers and non-caregivers. Caregivers have a weaker development in earnings both before and after the death of their parent compared to non-caregivers. The study concludes that caring for older parents has a negative impact on the children's labour market participation in both the period with substantial caregiving needs and the period following the parents' demise.

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The Impact of Informal Caregiving on Labour Supply Before and After a Parent’s Death

Vangen¹

2020

Population Ageing

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“…Lighter forms of nursing care and personal care services have been transferred to the Health Insurance Act (Dutch: Zorgverzekeringswet, Zvw) and the Wmo. The end of the AWBZ meant that municipalities have become responsible for a broader range of LTC services, which they provide according to the principle of subsidiarity that underlies the Wmo (Van den Broek et al 2019). The Wmo also obliges municipalities to support informal caregivers through the provision of information, advice and guidance, emotional support, education, practical help, financial support and material support.…”

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Fleischmann

Broek

2020

Extended Working Life Policies

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The Netherlands traditionally had ample early retirement possibilities. Several reforms introduced from the late 1990s onward contributed to the successful reversal of this early exit trend. As a result, in 2018, employees on average retired at age 65.0, representing a three-year increase in the last ten years. This chapter describes the Dutch pension system and recent employment, health and care policies and reforms that have likely shaped the changes in the effective retirement age. We conclude with a short discussion of the current debate about future changes to the statutory retirement age and consider other potential avenues through which policies could yield further increases in the effective retirement age of Dutch workers.

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“…In recent years, Dutch LTC funding and provision has changed. Access to residential care is now restricted and household help is no longer an individual right (Da Roit & van Bochove, 2017;van den Broek, Dykstra, & van der Veen, 2017). The Dutch government expects people needing care and support to first mobilise informal networks, before turning to publicly funded services (van Bochove, Tonkens, Verplanke, & Roggeveen, 2018).…”

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Broadening the scope of live‐in migrant care research: How care networks shape the experience of precarious work

Bochove

Kleinsmiede

2019

Health Soc Care Community

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Live‐in migrant care work is increasing across welfare states. In the context of ageing populations and changing healthcare systems, live‐in care enables ageing in place without overburdening family caregivers. However, research has shown that live‐in care often puts migrant care workers and their recipients in precarious positions. While the outcome of precarious work has gained attention, it is not self‐evident. Based on interviews with migrant care workers in the Netherlands, as well as formal and informal caregivers, and the staff of intermediary organisations, this study shows that besides client conditions, the interactions of actors in the care network shape the circumstances and experience of migrant live‐in care work. The findings suggest that managing the care networks to which migrant care workers belong makes it possible to mitigate the associated precariousness.

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Adult children stepping in? Long-term care reforms and trends in children's provision of household support to impaired parents in the Netherlands

Cited by 17 publications

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The Impact of Informal Caregiving on Labour Supply Before and After a Parent’s Death

The Impact of Informal Caregiving on Labour Supply Before and After a Parent’s Death

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Broadening the scope of live‐in migrant care research: How care networks shape the experience of precarious work

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