Auswirkungen der Covid-19-Pandemie auf informell Pflegende in Europa. Ergebnisse einer Befragung

Giovanni Lamura, Sabrina Quattrini, Sara Santini, Mirko Di Rosa, Stecy Yghemonos and Marco Socci

WSI-Mitteilungen, 2022, vol. 75, issue 5, 394-400

Abstract: The article presents the findings of an online survey targeted at informal (i. e. family or other unpaid) carers of older, frail or disabled people across Europe. The aim of this study, promoted by Eurocarers in collaboration with Italy’s National Institute of Health and Science on Ageing (INRCA IRCCS), was (1) to analyse how the Covid-19 outbreak impacted on informal carers’ conditions ; and (2) to collect carers’ recommendations on how to better support them in pandemic times. The survey, carried out from November 2020 to March 2021, covered a convenience sample of 2468 carers from 17 countries, most respondents replying from the Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Italy, Portugal and Sweden. The findings provide useful policy recommendations across several areas, including: a gender-balanced access of carers to the labour market (e. g. by validating their caring skills) ; strengthening work-life balance strategies ; ensuring pension credits based on caregiving periods ; boosting integrated services and information ; involving informal carers as co-designers of support measures, also through user-friendly digital solutions.

Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.5771/0342-300X-2022-5-394

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