Richard Schulz and Joan K. Monin
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- January 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780195388107
- eISBN:
- 9780199918386
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195388107.003.0053
- Subject:
- Psychology, Social Psychology
This chapter explores the costs and benefits of informal caregiving at the individual level. On the cost side of the equation we describe the negative physical and psychological health effects of ...
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This chapter explores the costs and benefits of informal caregiving at the individual level. On the cost side of the equation we describe the negative physical and psychological health effects of caregiving as well as the effects of caregiving on labor force participation and vice versa. On the benefits side we describe recent findings that caregiving may be psychologically or physically beneficial to caregivers. We reconcile these divergent literatures and show how caregiving can either help and harm the caregiver depending on the intensity of care demands, the magnitude of care recipient suffering, and caregivers’ ability to positively affect care recipient outcomes.Less
This chapter explores the costs and benefits of informal caregiving at the individual level. On the cost side of the equation we describe the negative physical and psychological health effects of caregiving as well as the effects of caregiving on labor force participation and vice versa. On the benefits side we describe recent findings that caregiving may be psychologically or physically beneficial to caregivers. We reconcile these divergent literatures and show how caregiving can either help and harm the caregiver depending on the intensity of care demands, the magnitude of care recipient suffering, and caregivers’ ability to positively affect care recipient outcomes.
Hilary Arksey and Peter A. Kemp
- Published in print:
- 2006
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9781861348562
- eISBN:
- 9781447301615
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781861348562.003.0009
- Subject:
- Social Work, Health and Mental Health
This chapter explores the interaction between paid employment and informal caregiving in Britain. The first section examines the risk of informal caring in Britain today, its implications for ...
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This chapter explores the interaction between paid employment and informal caregiving in Britain. The first section examines the risk of informal caring in Britain today, its implications for participation in paid employment, and its consequences for earnings and incomes more generally. The second section looks at what help is potentially available to carers, both in terms of cash and practical support. The third section draws on an empirical study of carers' aspirations and decisions about work, in order to compare policy with practice. The final section presents conclusions about carers and employment within the welfare state in Britain today.Less
This chapter explores the interaction between paid employment and informal caregiving in Britain. The first section examines the risk of informal caring in Britain today, its implications for participation in paid employment, and its consequences for earnings and incomes more generally. The second section looks at what help is potentially available to carers, both in terms of cash and practical support. The third section draws on an empirical study of carers' aspirations and decisions about work, in order to compare policy with practice. The final section presents conclusions about carers and employment within the welfare state in Britain today.
