Changing care provision in times of changing contexts: the experience of adult children during the pandemic in the UK

Edward Pomeroy; Francesca Fiori

doi:10.1332/23978821Y2024D000000040

Changing care provision in times of changing contexts: the experience of adult children during the pandemic in the UK

Edward Pomeroy, Francesca Fiori

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Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic imposed the suspension of many care services, and families had to choose between adhering to lockdown measures or caring for vulnerable relatives. This study revisits the Informal Care Model by explicitly incorporating the role of changing circumstances during the pandemic to understand care provision by adult children. Using nationally representative data from the UK, statistical analyses reveal that the usual suspects, such as women, were more likely to undertake additional care tasks. However, they also highlight new enabling factors for care provision that have arisen from the pandemic, such as the ability to work from home.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1-23
Number of pages	23
Journal	International Journal of Care and Caring
Early online date	2 May 2024
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1332/23978821Y2024D000000040
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - 2 May 2024

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This work was supported by ESRC/SGSSS under Grant Number ES/P000681/1 and by the ESRC Centre for Population Change Connecting Generations research programme, under Grant Number ES/W002116/1.

Keywords

informal care model
COVID-19
population ageing
intergenerational care

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