[Reconciling Employment and Informal Caregiving for an Elderly Person at Home: Factors Influencing a Reduction in Employment due to Caregiving and Work-Related Wishes of Informal Caregivers].

Autor:	Scheuermann JS; Zentrum für Medizinische Versorgungsforschung, Psychiatrische und Psychotherapeutische Klinik, Uniklinikum Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Erlangen, Germany., Gräßel E; Zentrum für Medizinische Versorgungsforschung, Psychiatrische und Psychotherapeutische Klinik, Uniklinikum Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Erlangen, Germany., Pendergrass A; Zentrum für Medizinische Versorgungsforschung, Psychiatrische und Psychotherapeutische Klinik, Uniklinikum Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Erlangen, Germany.
Jazyk:	němčina
Zdroj:	Gesundheitswesen (Bundesverband der Arzte des Offentlichen Gesundheitsdienstes (Germany)) [Gesundheitswesen] 2024 Feb; Vol. 86 (S 01), pp. S45-S53. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Feb 23.
DOI:	10.1055/a-2191-2074
Abstrakt:	Objective: Reconciling informal caregiving and gainful employment is a challenge for many informal caregivers. The goals of this paper are to identify factors influencing care-related employment reduction, and to record work-related wishes for improving the compatibility of informal caregiving and being employed. Methods: Analyses were based on the cross-sectional Benefits of Being a Caregiver Study of 426 employed caregivers of an older person in need of care. Data were collected on characteristics of the care receivers and caregivers, and aspects of the caregiving and employment situation. Potential influencing factors of care-related employment reduction (n=426) were analyzed using binary logistic regression. The wishes regarding the compatibility of informal care at home and employment were examined descriptively using structured content analysis according to Mayring. Results: One quarter of the employed informal caregivers (n=108) reduced their hours of employment due to the demands of caregiving. The profile of influencing factors of a care-related employment reduction was composed of a higher number of working hours, higher effort for activities of daily living, and co-residence with the care receiver. Employed caregivers primarily expressed a desire for flexibility in working hours, a reduction in working hours, and some concessions with regard to absenteeism. Conclusions: Relieving the burden on caregivers in the activities of daily living in form of formal and informal support services can probably reduce the likelihood of a care-related reduction in gainful employment. Competing Interests: Die Autorinnen/Autoren geben an, dass kein Interessenkonflikt besteht. (The Author(s). This is an open access article published by Thieme under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonDerivative-NonCommercial-License, permitting copying and reproduction so long as the original work is given appropriate credit. Contents may not be used for commercial purposes, or adapted, remixed, transformed or built upon. (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).)
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