Its a Balancing Act This September 18 report from Business in the Community and the Prince’s Responsible Business Network in partnership with Santander addresses the following questions and topics: WHY DO ORGANISATIONS NEED TO CARE ABOUT CARING? CULTURE AND POLICIES: FROM BARRIERS TO CALL TO ACTION AND RECOMMENDATIONS The report is based on discussions with over … Continue reading “Equal Lives – Parenthood and Caring in the workplace”
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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”
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”
New research: A Needs-led Framework for Understanding the Impact of Caring for a Family Member With Dementia
A Needs-led Framework for Understanding the Impact of Caring for a Family Member With Dementia By: Simon Pini, Emma Ingleson, Molly Megson, Linda Clare, Penny Wright, Jan R Oyebode; Published in The Gerontologist, Volume 58, Issue 2, 19 March 2018, Pages e68–e77, https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnx148 You can read the paper here: Article access The reported research is based … Continue reading “New research: A Needs-led Framework for Understanding the Impact of Caring for a Family Member With Dementia”
New research: “Care for older people in multigenerational families: a life course analysis across four generations”
This article by Catherine Powell may be of interest to readers: Care for older people in multigenerational families: a life course analysis across four generations The paper is published in Families, Relationships and Societies, Volume 7, Number 1, March 2018, pp. 103-121(19) This article highlights how older people may be embedded in multigenerational familial care networks. It explores the ways … Continue reading “New research: “Care for older people in multigenerational families: a life course analysis across four generations””