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How do middle-aged employees combine work with caring for elderly parents?
- Authors:
- GAUTUN Heidi, HAGEN Kare
- Journal article citation:
- Community Work and Family, 13(4), November 2010, pp.393-409.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This study focused on which labour policies can support employees who both work and care for older parents. It investigated how common it was for elderly employees to experience a squeeze between work and care obligations for their parents, and to what extent did this affect their behaviour in working life? The study presents findings from a representative survey conducted in Norway in 2007. Participants included 944 Norwegians, aged 45 to 65 years, with one or both parents still living. Findings revealed that 70% of respondents were both employed and caring for their elderly parents. Fifty-seven percent had experienced difficult situations in coping with both. The most preferable arrangement was flexible working hours. In conclusion, the study suggested that the best policies, which employees preferred, would enable the possibility to reduce or stagger working hours, or the option to work from home if necessary.
Universality of selectivity in income support to older people: a comparative assessment of the issues
- Author:
- SHAVER Sheila
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Policy, 27(2), April 1998, pp.231-254.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
- Place of publication:
- Cambridge
This article reviews the issues involved in policy choices with respect to universality and selectivity in income support to older people. It considers four questions: the practical meaning of universality and selectivity in the income support system of various countries, the effectiveness of universal and selective arrangements in the alleviation of poverty among this group, the role of universal and selective arrangements in redistributing income among elderly people and the relative generosity of universal and selective arrangements. Draws on data from the 'second wave' of the Luxembourg Income Study for six countries: Australia, (West) Germany, Norway, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States, concerning the incomes of elderly couples and single (non-married) women.
Governing the coordination of care for older people: comparing care agreements in Denmark and Norway
- Authors:
- VABO Signy Irene, BURAU Viola
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Social Welfare, 28(1), 2019, pp.5-15.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Increasing specialisation and demands to decrease the length of hospital stays have important consequences for the integration of specialised health and local care services. Based on case studies of care agreements in Denmark and Norway, this article compares subnational governance strategies for coordinating care services for older people discharged from hospitals. The question is how, and to what degree, national government regulations have an impact on local service coordination strategies. The analysis reveals that the numerous subnational procedures for coordination are somewhat more itemised in Denmark, and that regional variation in care agreements is greater in Norway. The identified differences can partly be accounted for by national differences in regulation, which is tighter in Denmark than in Norway. The study suggests that despite decentralisation of responsibility, subnational procedures to facilitate coordination are heavily influenced by national government policy. (Edited publisher abstract)
Norway: developing elder protective services
- Authors:
- JOHNS Sigurd, JUKLES Olaug
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work in Europe, 2(3), 1995, pp.2-7.
- Publisher:
- Russell House
Norwegians first became aware of the problem of elder abuse a decade ago. Government-supported research focused on why this particular problem has fallen outside the field of elder care, which otherwise is extensively developed in the welfare state. With Government support it has been possible to apply social research to the design of a social work development project to find out the extent of elder abuse in Norway. The results of the research made it clear that elder abuse is a problem, and that in spite of welfare, the victims do not receive the necessary help. Looks at implications for policy.
Social protection for dependency in old age: a study of the fifteen EU member states and Norway
- Authors:
- PACOLET Jozef, et al
- Publisher:
- Ashgate
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 337p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Aldershot
This book explores the results of a European comparative study organized in 1997–98 by the Higher Institute for Labour Studies on behalf of the European Commission and the Belgian government. The study investigated the social protection arrangements for the elderly in the fifteen member states of the EU and Norway. In addition to providing an up-to-date overview of the systems of social protection for the elderly across the fifteen EU states, this book also presents a comparative analysis of the residential, semi-residential and community services available. The study is complemented by a discussion of the debates surrounding policy reform of the social protection system of dependent older persons, and particular attention is given to the topic of long-term care insurance.