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International Comparison of Social Support Policies on Long-Term Care in Workplaces in Aging Societies
A decrease in the working-age population in aging societies causes a shortage of employees in workplaces due to long-term care (LTC) leave for family and relatives as well as longer working hours or overwork among those remaining in the workplace. We collected and analyzed literature and guidelines...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8955393/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35328971 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19063284 |
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author | Kanda, Koji Sakurazawa, Hirofumi Yoshida, Takahiko |
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description | A decrease in the working-age population in aging societies causes a shortage of employees in workplaces due to long-term care (LTC) leave for family and relatives as well as longer working hours or overwork among those remaining in the workplace. We collected and analyzed literature and guidelines regarding social-support policies on LTC in workplaces in seven countries (Canada, France, Germany, Japan, Sweden, the UK, and the USA) to propose an effective way of occupational health support for those in need. Our analysis indicated the existence of a system that incorporates the public-assistance mechanism of providing unused paid leave to those in need. Additionally, recipients of informal care provided by employees tended to expand to non-family members under the current occupational health system. On the other hand, the health management of employees as informal caregivers remained neglected. Likewise, salary compensation and financial support for LTC-related leave need to be improved. In order to monitor and evaluate the progress and achievement of current legal occupational health systems and programs related to the social support of LTC among employees, the available national and/or state-based quantitative data should be comparable at the international level. |
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spelling | pubmed-89553932022-03-26 International Comparison of Social Support Policies on Long-Term Care in Workplaces in Aging Societies Kanda, Koji Sakurazawa, Hirofumi Yoshida, Takahiko Int J Environ Res Public Health Article A decrease in the working-age population in aging societies causes a shortage of employees in workplaces due to long-term care (LTC) leave for family and relatives as well as longer working hours or overwork among those remaining in the workplace. We collected and analyzed literature and guidelines regarding social-support policies on LTC in workplaces in seven countries (Canada, France, Germany, Japan, Sweden, the UK, and the USA) to propose an effective way of occupational health support for those in need. Our analysis indicated the existence of a system that incorporates the public-assistance mechanism of providing unused paid leave to those in need. Additionally, recipients of informal care provided by employees tended to expand to non-family members under the current occupational health system. On the other hand, the health management of employees as informal caregivers remained neglected. Likewise, salary compensation and financial support for LTC-related leave need to be improved. In order to monitor and evaluate the progress and achievement of current legal occupational health systems and programs related to the social support of LTC among employees, the available national and/or state-based quantitative data should be comparable at the international level. MDPI 2022-03-10 /pmc/articles/PMC8955393/ /pubmed/35328971 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19063284 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Kanda, Koji Sakurazawa, Hirofumi Yoshida, Takahiko International Comparison of Social Support Policies on Long-Term Care in Workplaces in Aging Societies |
title | International Comparison of Social Support Policies on Long-Term Care in Workplaces in Aging Societies |
title_full | International Comparison of Social Support Policies on Long-Term Care in Workplaces in Aging Societies |
title_fullStr | International Comparison of Social Support Policies on Long-Term Care in Workplaces in Aging Societies |
title_full_unstemmed | International Comparison of Social Support Policies on Long-Term Care in Workplaces in Aging Societies |
title_short | International Comparison of Social Support Policies on Long-Term Care in Workplaces in Aging Societies |
title_sort | international comparison of social support policies on long-term care in workplaces in aging societies |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8955393/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35328971 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19063284 |
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