Anastas J W, Gibeau J L, Larson P J
Smith College School for Social Work, Northampton, MA 01063.
Soc Work. 1990 Sep;35(5):405-11.
The competing demands of employment and caring for a dependent elderly family member can create stress for families, and some employers are becoming concerned about the impact of eldercare on the workplace. This first national survey of workers examined the extent of eldercare and its impact on workers. In this article, the authors profile the employees who described themselves as caregivers, the older people they were caring for, the care they were giving, the extent to which they reported conflict between their work and caregiving responsibilities, and the workplace supports they would have found helpful in managing these roles. Women were devoting more time to caregiving and were more likely to report work and caregiving conflict than were men. Social workers in occupational and community settings can play a key role in providing information about eldercare services, in counseling caregivers, and in advocating for employee benefits and community services to help workers maintain both work and family roles.
就业需求与照顾年老的受抚养家庭成员的需求相互冲突，这会给家庭带来压力，一些雇主也开始担心照顾老人对工作场所的影响。这项针对工人的首次全国性调查研究了照顾老人的情况及其对工人的影响。在本文中，作者描述了那些自称照顾者的员工、他们所照顾的老年人、他们提供的照顾、他们报告的工作与照顾责任之间冲突的程度，以及他们认为有助于兼顾这些角色的工作场所支持措施。与男性相比，女性投入到照顾上的时间更多，也更有可能报告工作与照顾之间的冲突。职业和社区环境中的社会工作者在提供有关老年护理服务的信息、为照顾者提供咨询，以及倡导员工福利和社区服务以帮助工人兼顾工作和家庭角色方面可以发挥关键作用。
