scholarly journals A matter of fragmentation? Challenges for collective bargaining and employment conditions in the Spanish long-term care sector

2021 ◽  
pp. 102425892110280
Author(s):  
Núria Sánchez-Mira ◽  
Raquel Serrano Olivares ◽  
Pilar Carrasquer Oto
Keyword(s):  
Collective Bargaining ◽  
Long Term Care ◽  
Public Procurement ◽  
Family Care ◽  
Collective Agreement ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Collective Agreements ◽  
Employment Conditions ◽  
Negative Effect

The long-term care system in Spain has been characterised by decentralisation, marketisation, fiscal austerity and its reliance on informal family care and cheap migrant labour. Focusing on home-help services, this article addresses the extent to which the sector’s multi-level system of collective bargaining can be characterised as fragmented and whether this has had a negative effect on employment conditions. The research involved an analysis of the legal and collective bargaining framework, expert interviews and employee focus groups. We argue that the precedence given to sectoral agreements within public procurement processes is one main factor preventing a move towards ‘disorganised decentralisation’ in the aftermath of the 2012 labour market reform. Moderate decentralisation has favoured heterogeneity in pay and working conditions at regional and provincial levels. However, these mid-level collective agreements have improved standards with respect to the national collective agreement, and there has been a minor increase in the number of company-level collective agreements since the reform. The limited professionalisation, the lack of recognition of skills and effort in occupational classifications, and the organisation of working time emerge as key contributors to the sector’s poor employment conditions.

Family Care for Older Adults With Disabilities: Toward More Targeted and Interpretable Research

2002 ◽  
Vol 54 (3) ◽  
pp. 205-231 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph E. Gaugler ◽  
Robert L. Kane ◽  
Rosalie A. Kane
Keyword(s):  
Family Involvement ◽  
Family Caregiving ◽  
Long Term Care ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Family Care ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Residential Settings ◽  
The Past

Family care of the elderly is key to the long-term care system, and its importance has led to an abundance of research over the past two decades. Several methodological and substantive issues, if addressed, could create even more targeted and interpretable research. The present review critically examines methodological topics (i.e., definitions of family caregiving, measurement of caregiving inputs) and conceptual issues (i.e., family involvement in long-term residential settings, and the care receiver's perspective on care) that have received insufficient attention in the caregiving literature. Throughout this review recommendations are offered to improve these areas and advance the state of the art.

Can Stability in Out-of-Home Care Be Improved? An Analysis of Unplanned and Planned Placement Changes in Foster Care

2011 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 74-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan Tregeagle ◽  
Rosemary Hamill
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Foster Care ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Long Term Care ◽  
Family Care ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Out Of Home Care ◽  
Placement Change ◽  
Initial Entry

This article presents the findings of a study of unplanned and planned placement changes in foster care programs designed for restoration or time-limited assessment for long-term care. In this study, the causes of placement changes in the program are analysed to assess whether stability could be improved. The study was undertaken by examining computer records of placement changes over a 6-year period, in five Temporary Family Care (TFC) programs. Once these changes were identified, social workers were asked to describe the circumstances of the placement change for each named child. These were then categorised into two groups: unplanned and planned placement changes. Unplanned changes are those that were not anticipated at initial entry to care, nor during scheduled case reviews. The frequency of unplanned changes was 2% of all placements; within this group of unplanned changes no child had more than two unplanned moves and only 0.6% of children had two unplanned changes. Planned placement changes were those changes considered as part of routine case decision-making according to the requirements of the ‘Looking After Children’ (LAC) system. These changes occurred in 4.5% of all planned placements. Some children experienced both planned and unplanned changes. The changes were then categorised according to the reasons for change. Some placement changes appeared unavoidable. This finding leads to questions about whether instability can ever be entirely eliminated. The TFC programs appear to have a lower rate of breakdown than that reported in the literature; however, variations in study design make comparisons difficult.

Sorgepolitiken und die Konsequenzen für die Gleichstellung von pflegenden Familienangehörigen: Deutschland und Schweden im Vergleich

2020 ◽  
Vol 69 (3) ◽  
pp. 183-201
Author(s):  
Hildegard Theobald
Keyword(s):  
Long Term Care ◽  
Family Care ◽  
Care Work ◽  
Female Employment ◽  
Equal Treatment ◽  
Developmental Trend ◽  
Family Carers ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Care Policies

Zusammenfassung Im Fokus des Artikels steht der Einfluss von Sorgepolitiken für Ältere auf die Gleichstellung von pflegenden Familienangehörigen in Deutschland und Schweden. Sorgepolitiken in Schweden, die darauf zielen, die Familie in ihrer Sorgearbeit zu entlasten, haben zu einem Rückgang des zeitlichen Umfangs informeller Sorgearbeit und gleichzeitig einer breiten Verteilung der weniger umfangreichen Sorgetätigkeiten in der Bevölkerung geführt. Veränderungen in den Sorgepolitiken und die zunehmende Erwerbstätigkeit von Frauen haben in Deutschland einen ähnlichen Entwicklungstrend ausgelöst, wobei informelle Sorgearbeit deutlich zeitlich umfassender und stärker als in Schweden durch eine ungleiche Beteiligung von Männern und Frauen abhängig von der sozialen Schicht charakterisiert ist. Abstract: Care-Policies and the Effects on Equal Treatment for Family Carers: Germany and Sweden Compared The article analyses the influence of long-term care-policies for older adults on equal treatment of family carers in Germany and Sweden. Long-term policies in Sweden aim on an unburdening of family carers by the provision of public services, which resulted in a reduction of time-intense informal care activities and an increasing distribution of occasional care tasks among the population. Changing long-term care policies and increasing female employment triggered a similar developmental trend in Germany, however, family care work is still more comprehensive than in Sweden and more strongly characterized by an unequal involvement dependent on gender and socio-economic position.

scholarly journals ASSESSING FAMILY CARE CONFERENCES IN LONG-TERM CARE: LESSONS LEARNED FROM CONTENT ANALYSIS

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (suppl_1) ◽  
pp. 254-255
Author(s):  
P.M. Durepos ◽  
S. Kaasalainen ◽  
S. Tamara ◽  
J. Ploeg ◽  
D. Parker ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Long Term Care ◽  
Family Care ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Term Care
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