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Unpaid Care: Global Growth and Policies for Sustainability [PDF]
, 2020 The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development of 2015, endorsed by the United Nations, details 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). The purpose of these goals is to address global challenges faced by nation states, including inequality. The fifth goal (SDG 5) is to “achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls” and target 5.4 specifically ...
Oldridge, L, Larkin, M
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Humanities & Social Sciences Communications, 2023 Child disability and provision of unpaid care by parents may contribute to a family’s poverty status. In this paper, using data from the Family Resources Survey-2018/19, a sample of 5451 families with dependent children was analysed.
Ana Maria Nicoriciu, Mark Elliot
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Utilisation of Personal Care Services in Scotland: the Influence of Unpaid Carers
International Journal of Population Data Science, 2019 Scotland is unique in its collection of routine data for all individuals in receipt of social care services. This care encompasses home and personal care services, down to telecare and meals services. As the Scottish population continues to age and local
Elizabeth Lemmon
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The scope of carer effects and their inclusion in decision-making: a UK-based Delphi study
BMC Health Services Research, 2021 Background and objective Health and social care may affect unpaid (family) carers’ health and wellbeing in addition to patients’ lives. It is recommended that such impacts (carer effects) are considered in decision-making.
Hareth Al-Janabi +4 more
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Caregiving time costs and trade-offs: Gender differences in Sweden, the UK, and Canada
SSM: Population Health, 2019 Population ageing is putting pressure on pension systems and health care services, creating an imperative to extend working lives. At the same time, policy makers throughout Europe and North America are trying to expand the use of home care over ...
Maria Stanfors +2 more
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Involving underrepresented groups: How unpaid carers influenced our data analysis
International Journal of Population Data Science, 2023 Objectives The recent census found that five million people in England and Wales provide unpaid care. With social services struggling, unpaid carers face increasing pressure.
Anna Lawrence-Jones +13 more
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Unpaid and Paid Care: The Effects of Child Care and Elder Care on the Standard of Living [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2011 ABSTRACT Transforming care for children and the elderly from a private to a public domain engenders a series of benefits to the economy that improve our standard of living. We assess the positive impacts of social care from both receivers’ and providers’ points of view. The benefits to care receivers are various, ranging from private, higher returns to
Kijong Kim, Rania Antonopoulos
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The Unpaid Care Work-Paid Work Connection [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2008 In order to provide a coherent perspective of gender differences in the world of work, this paper argues, the many intersections of paid and unpaid work must be brought to light. It is well documented that gender-based wage differentials and occupational segregation continue to characterize the division of labor among men and women in paid work.
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Health Services Insights, 2023 As health service delivery shifts from institutions to the home, greater care responsibilities are being imposed on unpaid caregivers. However, gaps remain concerning how these responsibilities are contributing to caregivers’ financial risk.
Husayn Marani +3 more
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CARE JUSTICE FOR UNPAID AND UNDERPAID CARE WORKERS
Innovation in Aging, 2023 Abstract Scholarship on older women, family caregiving, feminist gerontology, community-based services and policy change intersected throughout my career. As a social worker, care of older adults has always been a matter of social justice.
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