Somewhere, I can't remember when, I stumbled across the following statement:
"Care work: 61% women and 39% men perform care work. A total of 9.02 billion hours are worked each year. That is equivalent to 408 billion Swiss francs! Only 7.9 billion hours are spent on paid work."
During my research on this I came across a publication by the Federal Department of Home Affairs / Federal Office for Gender Equality from 2010. Office for Gender Equality, from 2010. The publication is called "Care work".
First and foremost, the brochure primarily states what many people already know:
P. 7: "A total of around 2.8 billion. working hours are spent on the care of children and adults. adults. Four-fifths of this is unpaid care work for children and adults in children and adults in need of care in families, specifically 2.3 billion hours. billion. hours of work. Of these, 2.1 billion hours (over 90%) are spent on childcare. childcare."
p. 9 addresses the imbalance between men and women: Women provide 10.7 hours of care for adults hours (20.5 hours for children). Men cover 7.6 hours in the same area hours (13 hours for children).
Senior citizens do a particularly care work: they look after grandchildren, are active in neighborhood help their neighbors, are involved in churches and communities or organizations for the elderly. Many people aged 65+ look after their sick spouses. spouses who are ill.
If you are already a senior citizen senior, the question of how to reconcile care work with your career falls away. However, the physical and mental strain of caring for sick relatives relatives should not be underestimated. Relief options are in demand.
If the carers are still of working age working age, the employer's understanding is required. If the If the caregiver has to give up work, there are economic costs: The loss of tax revenue and social security contributions, for example. In the longer term, there are costs for social welfare or supplementary benefits. supplementary benefits.
People with care work are more likely to be unemployed. Part-time jobs are not a dime a dozen, especially if the man or woman is already of an advanced age. And unfortunately, skills acquired outside of work are not on employers' wish lists - how short-sighted! It is no coincidence that the seniors@work website is called "Job platform for retired talent"! Because know-how, talent and immense experience are only available to people of an advanced age.
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