Women with Multiple Roles

The Emotional Impact of Caring for Ageing Parents

Bibliographic Data

ID11199528
AuthorsBarbara Murphy (0000-0002-6867-5819, The University of Melbourne), Hilary Schofield (The University of Melbourne), JULIE NANKERVIS (The University of Melbourne), Sidney Bloch (The University of Melbourne), Helen Herrman (0000-0003-3064-1813, The University of Melbourne), Bruce Singh (The Royal Melbourne Hospital)
Year1997
Volume17
Issue3
Pages277-291
Publication date1997-05-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAgeing and Society (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0144-686X • E-ISSN: 1469-1779
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0144686x97006429
OpenAlexW2172031301
LanguageEN
Citations received14

As part of a wider study of family caregiving, a sample of 297 women caring for an ageing parent were identified through a random statewide telephone survey involving over 26,000 households in Victoria, Australia. In addition to elder care, half these women were in paid employment and a third had dependent children. Overload was highest for carers with multiple roles, particularly those of parent or worker. Resentment in the caring role was highest for those who had fewer roles apart from elder care, particularly those who had quit work, and those without a partner. Life satisfaction was higher for partnered and working carers. These findings highlight the need for structures to support carers to maintain multiple roles, including greater flexibility in the workplace and encouragement of greater reliance on informal networks and formal services, both of which require increased societal acknowledgment of the elder care role

Business · Flexibility (engineering) · Political science · Resentment · Sample (material) · Telephone survey · Family Support in Illness · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Social Policy and Reform Studies · Gerontology

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