Beyond the COVID-19 pandemic for working carers across the European Union: work, policy and gender considerations

Phillips, Dominique; Duffy, Clare; Fahy, Majella; Dowling‐Hetherington, Linda; Paul, Gillian; Moloney, Breda; Fealy, Gerard; Kroll, Thilo; Lafferty, Attracta

doi:10.1332/239788221x16308488496803

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“…Previous studies underlined the higher risk of social exclusion and social inequality for informal carers, who are often women who frequently feel compelled to limit their work and social lives to care for their relatives [ 19 ]. Over and above the indirect cost of LTC provision, out-of-pocket expenditure for private care is rising, even in advanced social protection systems [ 20 ].…”

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The Impact of Long-Term Care Needs on the Socioeconomic Deprivation of Older People and Their Families: Results from Mixed-Methods Scoping Review

Casanova,

Martarelli,

Belletti

et al. 2023

Healthcare

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Background: Long-term care (LTC), poverty, and socioeconomic deprivation are globally significant social issues. Ongoing population aging trends and the recent social and health emergencies caused by the COVID-19 pandemic crisis have highlighted the need for macro-level LTC and welfare system sustainability strategies. Aims: This scoping review (ScR) explores the relationship between LTC needs, the health status of older people, and the risk of socioeconomic deprivation for their households. Methods: The methodology considers different relevant sources: (a) the guidelines for ScR proposed by Lockwood et al.; (b) the recommendations of Munn et al.; (c) the PRISMA guideline for scoping reviews; and (d) the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) checklist. Sixty-three papers are included in the mixed-methods analysis. Results: The findings reveal the existence of a debate that seeks to understand the different characteristics of the relationship between the investigated issues. Relevant gaps in the literature are identified in terms of the concepts and approaches of the studies analyzed. Conclusions: The results indicate that the reciprocal relationship between LTC needs, supply, and the risk of socioeconomic deprivation is understudied. Future studies should focus on the causal relationship between the two phenomena and identify any internal factors that may be involved.

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The Impact of Long-Term Care Needs on the Socioeconomic Deprivation of Older People and Their Families: Results from Mixed-Methods Scoping Review

Casanova,

Martarelli,

Belletti

et al. 2023

Healthcare

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“…Overall, these findings also raise key systemic questions in relation to the care economy in the UK and across societies globally particularly regarding support provided to formal and informal caregivers as a heterogeneous group within the context of future pandemics. Crucially however research reveals the pre-dominance of women within care-giving populations and the increased burden and intensity of caring responsibilities born by women during the COVID-19 pandemic (Baowen and McMunn 2021;Zsuzsa et al 2021;Phillips et al 2022). These gendered inequalities are exacerbated by entrenched cultural norms and gendered expectations regarding traditional gender roles within the domestic sphere in the UK and across societies globally.…”

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“…The Gender-Differentiated Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic in the UK dered socio-economic and labour market inequalities across developed Western democratic societies and societies globally (Yavorsky et al 2021;Phillips et al 2022) . In particular, a substantial body of research reveals that across societies globally women are more likely to occupy precarious low paid jobs than men (United Nations 2020).…”

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The Gender-Differentiated Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Health and Social Inequalities in the UK: An Exploration of Gendered Themes within Private and Public Discourse and Policy Implications

Ellison

2023

Lingue Culture Mediazioni - Languages Cultures Mediation (LCM Journal)

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Recent research has evidenced the gender differentiated impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on health and socio-economic inequalities in the UK. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on gender inequalities particularly regarding the increased burden of unpaid care work, health, education, and gender-based violence have been evidenced in a number of recent studies (O’Donnell et al. 2021; Flor et al. 2022; Herten-Crabb and Wenham 2022; Dotsikas et al. 2023). In particular, gendered inequalities are reflected in gendered themes within caregivers’ discourse and reports on patterns among caregivers. This chapter analyses recent empirical evidence relating to the gender-differentiated health, economic and social impacts of the COVID-19 crisis in the UK. The chapter also explores recent research relating to gendered themes within private and public discourse relating to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. This is followed by a discussion of the policy implications of private and public discourse relating to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on gendered health inequalities in the UK. The main findings of the chapter are that the burden of normative expectations placed on women during the two lockdowns in the UK were overwhelming, with mothers facing extraordinary levels of emotional and psychological stress as they struggled to cope with conflicting demands of domestic work, home schooling, working from home and/or working within health care or social care. Moreover, women and caregivers in general faced extraordinary pressures in attempting to live up to dominant public narratives of caregivers as stoic and heroic.

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“…Several studies have also shown that the impact of the pandemic varied across different subgroups of ICs. In particular, the impact was found to be more severe for female ICs than for their male counterparts in all aspects of the caregiving experience [ 20 , 47 , 83 , 85 , 96 ]. Poorer psychological well-being was associated with ICs who provided intensive care (more than 20 h per week) [ 70 , 92 ], those who provided personal care more frequently than before COVID-19 [ 14 ], those who cared for someone with dementia [ 86 , 87 , 97 ], parental caregivers [ 18 , 82 ], and those who were experiencing financial difficulties [ 85 ].…”

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Caregiving Situation as a Predictor of Subjective Caregiver Burden: Informal Caregivers of Older Adults during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Hvalič-Touzery

Trkman

Dolničar

2022

IJERPH

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The COVID-19 pandemic has created and exacerbated emotional, financial, and technical challenges for informal caregivers of older people. The aim of this study was to explore the caregiving situation and subjective burden of informal caregivers of older family members during COVID-19, and to investigate how a caregiving situation’s characteristics predict the subjective burden of care in times of COVID-19. The study was conducted in April and May 2021 via an online access panel. The sample (n = 612) was determined using a screening test that enabled us to focus on a Slovenian population of informal caregivers aged 40+ caring for a person aged 65+ for at least four hours/week on average. Our findings reveal that the subjective burden of care was high among informal caregivers during COVID-19. Multiple regression analysis showed that the provision of activities of daily living, care duration, average hours of care per week, formal care status, and recipients’ health problems related to dementia or other memory problems significantly predicted the subjective burden of caregivers. These findings call for better recognition of the role of informal caregivers. The time and effort devoted to informal care should be supported by legislation and social security.

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Beyond the COVID-19 pandemic for working carers across the European Union: work, policy and gender considerations

Cited by 6 publications

References 21 publications

The Impact of Long-Term Care Needs on the Socioeconomic Deprivation of Older People and Their Families: Results from Mixed-Methods Scoping Review

The Impact of Long-Term Care Needs on the Socioeconomic Deprivation of Older People and Their Families: Results from Mixed-Methods Scoping Review

The Gender-Differentiated Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Health and Social Inequalities in the UK: An Exploration of Gendered Themes within Private and Public Discourse and Policy Implications

Caregiving Situation as a Predictor of Subjective Caregiver Burden: Informal Caregivers of Older Adults during the COVID-19 Pandemic

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