Care management and care provision for older relatives amongst employed informal care-givers
- Författare
- Rosenthal C, Martin-Matthews A, Keefe J.
- Titel
- Care management and care provision for older relatives amongst employed informal care-givers
- Utgivningsår
- 2007
- Tidskrift
- Ageing & Society
- Volym
- 27
- Häfte
- 5
- Sidor
- 755-778
- Sammanfattning
Care management among informal caregivers includes care-related discussions with other family members or the care recipient about the arrangements for formal services and financial matters, doing relevant paperwork, and seeking information. The study examines the prevalence of this type of care , the circumstances under which it occurs, its variations by caregiver characteristics and its impact on the carers, using a sub-sample of 1847 full-time employed individuals who were assisting older relatives drawn from the Canadian 'Work and Family Survey'. The analysis shows that managerial care is common, distinct from other types of care, and that most care-givers provide both managerial and direct care. Care management includes both the orchestration of care and financial and bureaucratic management. Providing managerial care generates stress amongst women and interferes with work amongst men.