Reconciling Paid Work and Informal Caregiving Among Older Adults: Implications for Work Interference With Family.

Background And Objectives: Many older adults who combine paid work and informal caregiving responsibilities are often in work arrangements that differ from their preference. There is reason to believe that such work status incongruence may lead to work interference with family (WIF). In response, many governments have policies that support flexible work arrangements (FWA) to help individuals manage work and family commitments.

Understanding the use of Flexible Work Arrangements Among Older New Zealand Caregivers.

Flexibility in the workplace has been suggested to promote prolonged employment among older workers. This study focuses on the question of whether the use of flexible work arrangements (FWAs) differs between caregivers and non-caregivers and how potential differences can be explained. Participants were 296 carers and 1611 non-carers (aged 55-70 years) who completed the 2018 Health, Work and Retirement survey and were in paid employment.

Predictors of work ability and quality of life in older New Zealanders with and without an arthritis diagnosis.

Objective: To determine predictors of work ability and quality of life in a population of older working New Zealanders with and without an arthritis diagnosis.

Methods: Participants aged 55-85 (Mean = 71 years) were drawn from the New Zealand Health, Work and Retirement study. A cross-sectional survey was conducted with a sample of N = 1154 (n = 696 with arthritis and matched sample (on gender only) of n = 458 without arthritis).