An analysis of caregiver profile and its impact on employment situation: primary caregivers of patients of Alzheimer's and other dementias in the South Western of Spain/ Un análisis del perfil del cuidador y su impacto sobre la situación laboral: cuidadores principales de enfermos de Alzheimer y otras demencias en el Sur Oeste de España

The aim of this paper is to analyse the main demographic and socio-economic conditions of the primary caregivers of Alzheimer's and dementia sufferers, and their relationship to the employment situation of the caregiver. Empirical analysis of the data obtained from surveys of 694 primary caregi...

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Published in:Atlantic review of economics 2015-01, Vol.2, p.1
Main Authors: Manuel, D, Reina, Ruiz-Adame, Carmen, M, González-Camacho, Mainar-Causapé, D Alfredo
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Subjects:
Activities of daily living
Age
Alzheimer's disease
Caregivers
Dementia
Demographics
Disease
Employment
Labor market
Patients
Public health
Questionnaires
Socioeconomic factors
Studies
Womens health
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Summary:The aim of this paper is to analyse the main demographic and socio-economic conditions of the primary caregivers of Alzheimer's and dementia sufferers, and their relationship to the employment situation of the caregiver. Empirical analysis of the data obtained from surveys of 694 primary caregivers of Alzheimer's and dementia sufferers through the Andalusian Associations of Relatives of Alzheimer's Patients. The sampling procedure was selective non-probabilistic sampling. The SPSS 19 statistical software package was used to process the data. The verification of the hypothesis of independence of variables was performed using the chi square test under the usual parameters. The employment rate of working-age caregivers is much lower than that of the general population, especially in older women with low levels of education who live with the patient. The data revealed that caregiving which takes place in the home represents the main restriction preventing access to the labour market, i.e. living with the patient is an additional handicap, and an even greater one for women.
ISSN:2254-2558
2174-3835