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- Title
Working and Caring for a Child with Chronic Illness: Challenges in Maintaining Employment.
- Authors
George, Ajesh; Vickers, Margaret; Wilkes, Lesley; Barton, Belinda
- Abstract
This paper shares some pertinent findings from an initial, qualitative stage of a larger, national study currently being undertaken in Australia, exploring the support needs of parents who are working full time and caring for a child with chronic illness. The findings presented here depict the negative impact of these parents caring responsibilities on their work life and the increased stress they experience trying to maintain full time employment. In-depth interviews revealed how these parents had to rearrange their working hours, use up their leave entitlements, work unsatisfactory hours, sacrifice their careers and even change their jobs in order to balance their dual roles. In addition, the findings also highlight the negative and unsupportive attitude that employers had towards these parents. These employment conditions were extremely stressful and frustrating for parents affecting their physical and emotional well being.
- Subjects
AUSTRALIA; PARENTS of chronically ill children; RESPONSIBILITY in children; MEDICAL care; SICK people; PARENT-child relationships; WORKING parents; WOMEN'S employment -- Social aspects; PSYCHOLOGICAL stress; SOCIAL history
- Publication
Employee Responsibilities & Rights Journal, 2008, Vol 20, Issue 3, p165
- ISSN
0892-7545
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10672-008-9065-3