Heidi Gautun (NOVA, Oslo Metropolitan University) and Christopher Bratt (Department of Psychology, Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences) published 2th March 2024 the article “Caring for older parents in Norway – How does it affect labor market participation and absence from work?” in the journal Social Science & Medicine. By analyzing data collected in Norway…

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Aslaug Gotehus (AFI) and Heidi Gautun (NOVA) gave the presentation “The second time squeeze- Employees juggling work and care to older parents» in the Parliament at the seminar «How should the welfare state address the aging population and ‘the other time squeeze», November 13, 2023. Manifest Analyse organized the seminar. In front of the Parliament. From…

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Eduardo R Lizardi (University of Oslo) gave the presentation «Parental health and caregiving decisions in the family: The effects of health schocks on adult children’s income» at the Health Services Research Conference 2nd-3rd November 2023, Hotel Clarion Stavanger.

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Aslaug Gotehus (AFI) gave the presentation «The second time squeeze»  Employed children and older parents, at the 8th national ageing research congress 23th-24th  October 2023, Quality Hotel Expo, Fornebu. 

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Aslaug Gotehus (AFI) gave the presentation “Flexible Work Arrangements and informal eldercare” at the conference “Knowledge and Innovation Society” on 28th July  2023. The conference was arranged by The University of Social Sciences and Humanities in Ho Chi Minth City, where Gotehus spent two months as a guest researcher.

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Gautun was interviewed September 28th, 2023, about how daughters and sons combine work and care for older parents on NRK’s Nyhetsmorgen, and was a participant in NRK P2’s radio program EKKO August 14th, 2023, discussing «How to succeed in caregiving to older parents?».

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The chronicle «Caring for Old Parents in the Digital Society» was published in the September 2023 issue of the membership magazine «Pensjonisten» by The Norwegian Pensioners’ Association. In the chronicle, Heidi Gautun presents and discusses findings that have been published in the article «Caring for Older Parents in the Digital Society,» written by Gautun and…

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Heidi Gautun (NOVA) presented and discussed the article “Help and Care to Older Parents in the Digital Society” at the conference “Aging & Social Change: Thirteenth Interdisciplinary Conference- Overcoming Inequalities and Promoting Sustainability Opportunities and Challenges for Ageing Societies 12th-15th September 2023, University Politecnica, Ancona, Italy.

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Aslaug Gotehus (AFI) and Heidi Gautun (NOVA) delivered presentations at the seminar- Employees caring for old parents 7th September 2023 at OsloMet. The seminar was arranged by the Nordic Center for Research on Work and Family Life through the Life Course (NorLife). Aslaug Gotehus gave the presentation «Flexibility and Care in Working hours », and…

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Gautun, H. & Bratt, H. (2023). Help and Care to Older Parents in the Digital Society. Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies. https://doi.org/10.18291/njwls.13745 This study examines the extent and predictors of employees’ help and care to their old parents and aims to contribute to policy development enabling employees to combine full-time work and caregiving to parents.…

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One of the aims of this project is to get a better understanding of what it actually means for employees to combine work and care for ageing parents, and whether these experiences vary between different sectors of the labour market. To get to the lived experiences of informal caregivers who are juggling care obligations with…

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October 13th, 2022, Research Professor Heidi Gautun gave the presentation Help and care to older parents in the digitalised society. The seminar was organised by The Frisch Centre, UiO and took place at Lysebu hotel. The presentation presented findings from the data collected among 6049 respondents March and April 2022. Gautun presented results of analysis…

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June 13th 2022, Research Professor Jardar Sørvoll gave the presentation «The Norwegian eldercare model’s key preconditions: housing, services, institutions and staffing” at the seminar: «Housing and services for older people». The seminar was organized by Norsk Selskap for Aldersforskning and took place at the Oslo Metropolitan University.  Sørvoll presented results from Norwegian Social Research’s survey…

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A Norwegian nationwide web-based survey, investigating employees’ experiences on combining work and care for older parents, was completed in March – April 2022. Altogether 6049 people in the age group 35-67 years, having one or both parents alive, responded to the questionnaire. KANTAR AS performed, on behalf of Norwegian Social Research, Oslo Metropolitan University, the…

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