New Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST) Note on Unpaid Care. This POSTnote provides up to date figures on the numbers of unpaid carers across the UK, and the amount and type of care they undertake. It summarises evidence on the impacts of providing unpaid care on carers’ education, employment, finances, health and wellbeing, and … Continue reading “New POSTnote on Unpaid Care”
Month: July 2018
Caring for Carers – New Report by the Social Market Foundation
Caring for Carers ‘Caring for carers: the lives of family carers in the UK’ is a report by Katheryn Petrie and James Kirkup published by the Social Market Foundation, and supported by ageUK. The report looks at carers in the UK and their role in the social care system. The report finds that there has … Continue reading “Caring for Carers – New Report by the Social Market Foundation”
2018 ILO report on Care Work & Care Jobs – Call for action to prevent a global care crisis
Care Work & Care Jobs for the Future of Work – Care Burden on Women The new report from the International Labour Organisation (ILO) Care work and care jobs for the future of decent work takes a comprehensive look at unpaid and paid care work and its relationship with the changing world of work. A key … Continue reading “2018 ILO report on Care Work & Care Jobs – Call for action to prevent a global care crisis”
Grandparent caregiving
Grandparent care: a key factor in mothers’ labour force participation in the UK. Shireen Kanji, University of Birmingham. It’s probably surprising to most people that grandparents are becoming an ever more important source of childcare in the UK – the growth in the share of childcare they provide has substantially outstripped the growth in mothers’ … Continue reading “Grandparent caregiving”