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Something's Got to Give : Balancing Work, Childcare and Eldercare /

A perfect storm of factors are brewing that will redefine dependent care in the coming decades. Delayed marriage and parenthood, longer life-spans, lower birthrates, and the health policy shift to informal caregiving have drastically increased the number of employees whose mental and physical health...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Duxbury, Linda (Autor), Higgins, Chris (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2018]
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • PREFACE
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • Chapter One. The Perfect Storm: Caregiving in Canada and Other Western Economies
  • Chapter Two. Profiling Canadian Caregivers: Who Are They? What Do They Do? Why Do They Do It?
  • Chapter Three. Too Much to Do in Too Little Time: Balancing Caregiving, Employment, and (Perhaps) Childcare
  • Chapter Four. And So? The Impact of Caregiving on Employees Who Provide Care
  • Chapter Five. And So? The Impact of Caregiving on the Organizational "Bottom Line"
  • Chapter Six. Surviving (Even Thriving on) the "Rollercoaster Ride from Hell": Coping with Caregiver Strain
  • Chapter Seven. I'll Get By with a Little Help from My Friends: Coping with Caregiver Strain
  • Chapter Eight. A Call to Action
  • Appendix: Source of Measures Referred to in the Book
  • References
  • Index