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Transitions to part-time work at older ages: the case of people with disabilities in Europe
- Author:
- PAGÁN Ricardo
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 27(1), 2012, pp.95-115.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This article examines the labour-force transitions of older workers with disabilities in general, particularly workers’ transitions to and from part-time employment within a European context. Using the 2004 and 2007 waves of the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe, the article compares transitions between employment statuses for disabled and non-disabled individuals, even after controlling for different disability trajectories. In addition, it examines the determinants for remaining in part-time work in 2007 for those individuals who were part-timers in 2004. Findings indicated that older people with long-term disabilities had a higher probability of staying in a part-time job than their compared counterparts. The authors concluded that policy-makers must promote part-time employment as a means of increasing employment opportunities for older workers with disabilities and support gradual retirement opportunities with flexible working hours.
Understanding retirement for ageing adults with a disability in supported employment
- Authors:
- GOODS Naomi, MILLSTEED Jeannine
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 79(11), 2016, pp.713-721.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Introduction: Employees with disabilities in supported employment are ageing and, as their retirement from work approaches, it is critical to consider how they perceive their occupational roles might change. They need to consider what activities they choose to engage in, and what service or supports might be necessary to make a successful transition to retirement. The aim of this study was to understand how ageing employees with disabilities perceive retirement, and how their occupational roles might change. Method: A qualitative study was conducted with 10 participants working in a supported employment service, for whom transitioning from work to retirement was imminent. Findings: Participants perceived retirement to be boring, full of meaningless activities and lonely. It also meant a reduced income that would result in hardship, and a loss of self-esteem at losing their employee role. They had limited knowledge about alternative activities in retirement. Conclusion: Participants perceived significant barriers to making the transition from employee to retiree. Occupational therapy can provide support with pre-retirement planning and evidence-based strategies such as a client-centred approach, mapping new routines, and training staff and mentors. They could also advocate for changes in service delivery to improve practices that will encourage active ageing for people with disabilities in retirement. (Publisher abstract)
Provider-led pathways to work: net impacts on employment and benefits: working paper
- Authors:
- KNIGHT Genevieve, et al
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Work and Pensions
- Publication year:
- 2013
- Pagination:
- 99p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The main objective of this impact study was to assess whether Provider Led Pathways helped more incapacity benefits customers move into work or leave benefit than would have done otherwise. The impact analysis was conducted using administrative data (Incapacity Benefits claims and HMRC employment records) and data collected from two large scale telephone surveys with 2007 and 2008 incapacity benefit claimants living in Provider Led Pathways areas and in matched comparison areas which did not have the Provider Led Pathways to provide the counterfactual of not participating in this programme. On average, interviews were conducted 14 months after the claim for benefits. Findings revealed that in Provider Led Pathways lowered the proportion of benefits claimants by two percentage points; there was no conclusive evidence of a Provider Led Pathways impact on employment, but there was some evidence that Provider Led Pathways raised employment, and it was estimated to raise HMRC employment by one percentage point; Provider Led Pathways had a statistically significant impact for men, but not for women, and for those who were less than 50 years old, but not for those aged 50 years and over; and for those with mental health conditions and those with other health conditions, the Provider Led Pathways raised the proportion off benefit by two percentage points.
The equality impacts of the current recession
- Authors:
- HOGARTH Terence, et al
- Publisher:
- Equality and Human Rights Commission
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 217p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Manchester
The study was commissioned to examine the equality impacts of the current recession on the labour market with regard to gender, race and ethnicity, age, and disability. Some of these groups already have a disadvantaged position in the labour market; this study focuses on changes to the state of relative disadvantage as a result of the recession. The analysis is based on: a literature review; a descriptive analysis of Labour Force Survey (LFS) data; and estimates of future employment levels of the various groups. Chapter 2 provides an assessment of the current recession and its impact on the labour market given the experience learnt from previous recessions. Chapters 3 to 6 consider the likely impact of the recession by gender, age group, disability and ethnicity, respectively, based on a review of the literature. The projections of future employment are provided in chapters 7 and 8. Finally, chapter 9 provides a conclusion and summary of the study’s findings and highlights the implications for the equality agenda. The employment forecasts suggest that the fall in employment resulting from this recession may not be as bad as that which resulted from the 1980-81 and 1990-91 recessions. On balance, the recession is likely to slow progress towards meeting the objectives of the equality agenda rather than lead to a reversal of the gains made to date, the exception being young people who may be at particular risk. However, great uncertainties remain, especially so as unemployment continues to rise.
Tax exemptions on care vouchers for working carers: an economic analysis
- Authors:
- SNELL Tom, FERNANDEZ Jose-Luis, BENNETTS Russell
- Publisher:
- Personal Social Services Research Unit
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 2p.
- Place of publication:
- Canterbury
The research shows that the vouchers would be an effective and affordable way to bring extra funding to older and disabled people, and would help businesses to retain the skills of their valued and experienced employees. The tax break could be used to buy a range of services for older and disabled people, including extra home care. A similar scheme is already helping parents with the costs of childcare and could easily be adapted to meet the needs of carers of older or disabled people
Work behavior of older people with disabilities in the era of the Americas with Disabilities Act
- Authors:
- LIGHTFOOT Elizabeth, LUM Terry Y.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Service Research, 32(4), 2006, pp.171-191.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
This paper explores the correlation between the implementation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the employment participation of people with disabilities. First, it discusses the methodological difficulties in measuring the ADA's impacts. Second, it describes a longitudinal study using Health and Retirement Survey data exploring changes in employment rates and odds of employment during the 1990s for older working-age people with disabilities. The findings show that while older people with disabilities had slightly lower employment rates than older people without disabilities during the 1990s, the odds that older people with disabilities would be employed has increased since the passage of the ADA. (Copies of this article are available from: Haworth Document Delivery Centre, Haworth Press Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580).
The state of ageing 2022: summary
- Author:
- CENTRE FOR AGEING BETTER
- Publisher:
- Centre for Ageing Better
- Publication year:
- 2022
- Pagination:
- 20
- Place of publication:
- London
This summary report uses the most up-to-date national data available to paint a picture of ageing in England today. The report has five chapters: health, homes, work, communities and a chapter setting out the context in which we are ageing. It looks at data from a wide range of sources such as the English Housing Survey, the GP Patient survey, the Health Survey for England and the Community Life Survey, as well as a host of official statistics from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) and government sources such as the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities and the Department for Work and Pensions. The data shows that the experience of being older in England is getting considerably worse for many. Almost 1 in 5 people of pension age are now living in relative poverty, following a sharp increase (of 200,000 people) in the last year. This extends a worrying trend which first emerged in the middle of the last decade and means that there are now more than 2 million people of state pension age in the UK living in poverty. The pandemic has reversed progress on the employment of older people – the number of people aged 50 to 64 who are not engaged with the labour market in any way (that is, they are neither working nor looking for work) has risen by 228,000 since the start of the pandemic, and the employment rate in this group has fallen by 1.8 percentage points. In the most deprived areas, people can expect to live more than 17 years more with disabling health conditions while fewer than 1 in 10 homes have accessibility features for people with disabilities. The report makes a number of specific recommendations in relation to health, housing, work and communities, and calls for a cross-departmental strategy to coordinate government activity and funding to address the ageing population and level up the dramatic and growing inequality in the way we experience later life. (Edited publisher abstract)
Informal carers
- Authors:
- POWELL Andy, et al
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons Library
- Publication year:
- 2020
- Pagination:
- 45
- Place of publication:
- London
This briefing paper provides information about the number of informal carers in the UK and the issues they face. It also explains the rights, benefits and support available to informal carers as well as current and previous Government policy on caring. Specifically, the briefing covers: carers’ employment, incomes and earnings; benefits; older carers; parent carers of disabled children; young carers; carers’ health and wellbeing; access to health services; local authority assessments and health and social care support for carers, including respite breaks; past and future Government policy, including the proposed Carers Strategy and the forthcoming social care Green Paper. (Edited publisher abstract)
Fuller working lives: a partnership approach
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Work and Pensions
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Work and Pensions
- Publication year:
- 2017
- Pagination:
- 50
- Place of publication:
- London
This publication encourages businesses to retain, retrain and recruit older workers and presents the benefits of a fuller working life. It explains how as the population ages, employers need to draw on the skills and experience of older workers to avoid loss of labour. It also explains how working longer can improve the health and wellbeing of individuals and result in an increase in income at in later life and retirement. It sets out a number of new recommendations directly from businesses to support older workers to remain in the workforce and to help employers retain, retrain and recruit older workers so they have fuller working lives. It also looks at the action individuals can take by developing new skills and training for a new career, or reinventing the notion of work by providing childcare for grandchildren or taking up volunteering. The report concludes by describing five actions the Government is taking to support older workers, which include: developing an evidence base on ways to support employers to retain, retrain and recruit older workers; supporting people who need more help to stay and return to the workplace, such as women, carers, people with long term health conditions and disabilities; and improving the Jobcentre Plus offer for older workers. (Edited publisher abstract)
Combining paid work and family care: policies and experiences in international perspective
- Authors:
- KROGER Teppo, YEANDLE Sue
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- Publication year:
- 2013
- Pagination:
- 256
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
As populations age around the world, increasing efforts are required from both families and governments to secure care and support for older and disabled people.At the same time, both women and men are expected to increase and lengthen their participation in paid work, which makes combining caring and working a burning issue for social and employment policy and economic sustainability. International discussion about the reconciliation of work and care has previously focused mostly on childcare. Combining paid work and family care widens the debate, bringing into discussion the experiences of those providing support to their partners, older relatives and disabled or seriously ill children. The book analyses the situations of these working carers in Nordic, liberal and East Asian welfare systems. Highlighting what can be learned from individual experiences, the book analyses the changing welfare and labour market policies which shape the lives of working carers in Finland, Sweden, Australia, England, Japan and Taiwan. The book is arranged in three parts: working carers of older people; working parent-carers of disabled children; and working partner-carers. (Edited publisher abstract)