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Carers@Work: Between Job and Care: Conflict or Opportunity? A Strategy for Securing Sustainable Future Care and Productivity Potentials in an Ageing Society – A European Comparison

Category: Demography and Society

Who's involved?

Funder: Volkswagen Foundation

 

Carers@Work was a two year project, funded by the Volkswagen Foundation within their Research Programme: ‘Individual and Societal Perspectives of Ageing’. The aim was to examine the impact of combining work and care, and explore the strategies individuals use to try and create a balance. The Institute worked in partnership with four other European countries (Poland, UK, Germany and Italy) on several key elements:

  1. International literature review and secondary data analysis (SHARE and EUROFAMCARE);
  2. Analysis of the reconciliation problematic at enterprise level: A review of literature and examples of best practice (case studies), as well as expert interviews;
  3. Qualitative interviews with working carers: 50-60 interviews in each of the four participating countries.

 

The project’s website is available here: http://www.carersatwork.tu-dortmund.de/en/index.php

Presentations:

  • Hamblin, K. (2012). Introducing the AKTIVE Project, Telemedicine in Action Seminar Day, Green Templeton College, 29th November 2012, University of Oxford.
  • Hamblin, K. and Hoff. A. (2012). Carers@Work: Reconciling Employment and Care for Older Family Members in Germany, Italy, Poland, and the UK, British Sociological Association Annual Conference, 11-13th May 2012, University of Leeds.
  • Hoff, A. and Hamblin, K. (2012). International comparison of working carers’ reconciliation strategies in Germany, Italy, Poland, and the UK, IFA 11th Global Conference On Ageing, 28th May – 1st June 2012, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • Hamblin, K. and Hoff. A. (2011). Carers@Work: Reconciling Employment and Care for Older Family Members in Germany, Italy, Poland, and the UK, Social Policy Association Annual Conference 4-6th July 2011, University of Lincoln.
  • Principi, A., Hoff, A., Santini, S., Hamblin, K. & Lamura, G. (2010): Intergenerational Ambivalences in Combining Employment with Care-giving to Older Parents in Germany, Italy, Poland, and the UK, Paper given at the 5th Congress of the European Society on Family Relations (ESFR), September 29 – October 2, 2010, Milan, Italy.
  • Hamblin, K. and Hoff. A. (2010). Carers@Work- reconciling employment and care for older family members in Germany, Italy, Poland, and the UK, 5th International Carers Conference-New frontiers in caring: 2010 and beyond, Carers UK, 9th-11th July 2010, University of Leeds.

 

Select Publications:

  • Hoff, A. and Hamblin, K. A. (2016) Comparing working carers’ reconciliation strategies in Europe. In: Reichert, M. et al. (eds.) Carers@Work – Working Carers of Older People in Europe. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften (in press).
  • Hamblin, K. A. and Hoff, A. (2016) Combining work and care in the UK: a careful balancing act. In: Reichert et al. (eds.) Carers@Work – Working Carers of Older People in Europe. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften (in press).
  • Hoff, A., Reichert, M., Hamblin, K., Perek-Bialas, J. & Principi, A. (2014) ‘Comparing working carers’ reconciliation strategies and company-based reconciliation policies and their effect on working carers’ well-being’. Vulnerable Groups and Inclusion, 5: 1-25.
  • Hoff, A., Franke, A., & Kümmerling, A. (2014) Zwischen Beruf und Pflege: Konflikt oder Chance? Die Perspektive pflegender Angehöriger im internationalen Vergleich und betriebliche Perspektiven. In: Löw, M. (Hrsg.): Vielfalt und Zusammenhalt. 36. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie. Frankfurt am Main: Campus, CD-ROM.

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