The European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research supports the Sustainable Development Goals
Informal caregiving is an important part of the long-term care system in Upper Austria. Unequal availability of services, staff shortages, co-payments for professional care and societal expectations can lead to informal carers providing care despite negative effects on their own wellbeing.
Many informal carers, faced with the task of combining informal care and employment, have to reduce their working hours and are faced with a reduction of their income. Some also leave employment because of caregiving.
Support measures have to enable informal carers to combine informal caregiving with employment.
The expected outcome is a better understanding of the challenges that informal carers face in combining care and employment. This provides a foundation for the development of support measures for informal carers who are in employment.
The European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research supports the Sustainable Development Goals
