Understanding What Eldercare Means for Employees and Organizations: A Review and Recommendations for Future Research

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• Personal Author:
  Barnes-Farrell JL ; Burch KA ; Dugan AG
• Description:
  The purpose of this article is to provide a contemporary, globally focused, multidisciplinary review of the existing literature on eldercare responsibilities and the implications of these responsibilities for working adults and organizations, taking a multilevel perspective. Two major reviews of the impact of eldercare responsibilities on work for employed informal caregivers have been conducted in the past 25 years. However, an update to the extant literature is warranted given that prior reviews have not taken a holistic perspective in understanding eldercare for employees and organizations. In addition, a number of empirical articles about work and informal elder caregiving have been published across multiple disciplines since these reviews were written. Utilizing and extending the work in prior reviews, we propose a model to serve as an organizing framework for understanding the informal eldercare process. Our model includes antecedents to-and consequences of-informal eldercare responsibilities and identifies components of a feedback loop. We also include a discussion of the resources available at the individual, family/social, organizational, and community levels that are available and useful in managing informal elder caregiving and paid employment. Finally, we identify gaps in the extant literature and provide recommendations for future research. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Aging Family Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Families Psychological Factors Total Worker Health TWH Work-life Balance Workers Work Organization
• ISSN:
  2054-4650
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Connecticut ; Kentucky ; OSHA Region 1 ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  44-72
• Volume:
  5
• Issue:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20063969
• Citation:
  Work Aging Retire 2019 Jan; 5(1):44-72
• Contact Point Address:
  Katrina A. Burch, Department of Psychological Sciences, Western Kentucky University, 1906 College Heights Boulevard, Bowling Green, KY 42101
• Email:
  katrina.burch@wku.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2019
• Performing Organization:
  University of Connecticut Storrs
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Work, Aging and Retirement
• End Date:
  20250630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7b7099b4e44c145a3889e5e68fcd9c1b4a74e69095971505b9c19faaad9668d77f948a314097152aa60d915bf54e8e8a44c50f7f443e58089f3ca4f18e9294b3
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/222500/cdc_222500_DS1.pdf
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