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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Duxbury, Linda (Autor), Higgins, Christopher Alan (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 2017.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 The Perfect Storm: Caregiving in Canada and Other Western Economies; 2 Profiling Canadian Caregivers: Who Are They? What Do They Do? Why Do They Do It?; 3 Too Much to Do in Too Little Time: Balancing Caregiving, Employment, and (Perhaps) Childcare; 4 And So? The Impact of Caregiving on Employees Who Provide Care; 5 And So? The Impact of Caregiving on the Organizational "Bottom Line"; 6 Surviving (Even Thriving on) the "Rollercoaster Ride from Hell": Coping with Caregiver Strain.
  • 7 I'll Get By with a Little Help from My Friends: Coping with Caregiver Strain8 A Call to Action; Appendix; References; Index.