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| Care management and care provision for older relatives amongst employed informal care-givers | | Author(s) | Carolyn J Rosenthal, Anne Martin-Matthews, Janice M Keefe |
| Journal title | Ageing and Society, vol 27, part 5, September 2007 |
| Pages | pp 755-778 |
| Source | http://www.journals.cambridge.org/jid_ASO |
| Keywords | Family care ; Employment ; Family relationships ; Management [care] ; Social surveys ; Canada. |
| Annotation | Care management or 'managerial care' is a type of informal care for older people that has been relatively neglected by researchers. While previous research has acknowledged that care-giving may involve tasks other than direct 'hands-on' care, the conceptualisation of managerial care has often been vague and inconsistent. This study is the first to explicitly investigate managerial care in a large sample for carers. The authors conceptualise care management to include care-related discussions with other family members or the care recipient about the arrangements for formal services and financial matters, doing relevant paperwork, and seeking information. The study examines the relevance of this type of care, the circumstances under which it occurs, its variations by caregiver characteristics, and its impact on carers. The authors draw on the Canadian Aging Research Network (CARNET) Work and Family Survey, a sub-sample of 1847 full-time employed individuals who were assisting older relatives. The analysis shows that managerial care is common, distinct from other types of care, a meaningful construct, and that most caregivers provide both managerial and direct care. Care management includes both the orchestration of care and financial and bureaucratic management. Providing managerial care generates stress amongst women and interferes with work amongst men; but the aspect that generates the greatest personal and job costs amongst both men and women is the orchestration of care. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-070919208 A |
| Classmark | P6:SJ: WJ: DS:SJ: QA: 3F: 7S |
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