Rural‐Urban Difference in Workplace Supports and Impacts for Employed Caregivers

• Published in: The Journal of rural health Vol. 35; no. 1; pp. 49 - 57
• Main Authors: Henning‐Smith, Carrie, Lahr, Megan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 2019
• Subjects: Adult; Benefits; Bivariate analysis; Caregiver burden; Caregivers; caregiving; Cross-Sectional Studies; Employee assistance programs; Employers; employment; Female; Health Personnel - economics; Health Personnel - psychology; Health Personnel - trends; Humans; long‐term care; Male; Middle Aged; Occupational health; Odds Ratio; policy; Psychosocial Support Systems; Regression analysis; Regression models; Rural areas; Rural communities; Rural Health Services - classification; Rural Health Services - standards; Rural Health Services - statistics & numerical data; Rural urban differences; Salaries and Fringe Benefits - trends; Surveys and Questionnaires; Telecommuting; United States; Urban areas; Urban Health Services - classification; Urban Health Services - standards; Urban Health Services - statistics & numerical data; Work; Workplace - psychology; Workplace - standards; Workplace - statistics & numerical data; Workplaces; United States; employment; caregiving; long-term care; policy

Purpose This study examines rural‐urban differences in employed caregivers’ access to workplace supports, negative impacts of caregiving on work, and the association between work and caregiver strain, which can have negative impacts on health. Methods We used a cross‐sectional analysis of employed c...