Stressed and sorrow most of the caregivers is working

Current survey: majority of caring relatives additionally working
As society ages, so does the need for home care. In many cases, family members look after the needy. The majority of caregivers do this in parallel to working life, as a recent survey shows.
Enormous mental and social stress
As the Federal Statistical Office recently announced, life expectancy in Germany has increased significantly in recent years and has risen to a record high. As society ages, so does the need for home care. In Germany, care is mostly a matter for women and psychologically a heavy burden, as the DAK health reported last year. Caring for relatives often leads to depression as well as physical and social stress. It becomes all the more strenuous when the family caregivers are also working. But that's exactly what most of them do, as figures from a recent poll for the AOK Nursing Report show.

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In addition to the care also still working
As reported by the "Berliner Morgenpost", the majority of caregivers in Germany are still working: nearly two-thirds of private caregivers have to agree on care and work in everyday life, about 30 percent work full-time, about 33 percent work part-time or on an hourly basis , This is the result of a recent survey for the care report 2016 of the AOK. The newspapers of the Funke Media Group, which also includes the "Berliner Morgenpost", report in advance on the report of the Scientific Institute of the AOK (WidO), which will be presented on Monday in Berlin.

Ready to care for relatives
According to the information, 1,000 nursing relatives were asked about their life situation for the care report. As the newspaper writes, almost half of the relatives who work part-time have reduced their working hours (49.8 percent) by taking on care. And of the carers who are currently inactive, but were earlier, nearly 70 percent had given up their careers to take care of them. "This shows that the care of a relative is a real cut," said Antje Schwinger, nursing expert at the WidO opposite the spark newspapers. However, it also shows that many are ready to care for their relatives. "This care readiness of the families is to further promote," says Schwinger. (Ad)