Family leave to care for older people
Am Equalities and Human Rights Commission report on parental leave found that it entrenched divisions between the sexes because of Britain’s long but low-paid maternal leave and weak flexible provision. What it does not go on to do is to look at caring leave; it should tie these two things together becasue caring for older people interacts in many families with caring for youngsters in the family. The report actually demonstrates that families only matter to social policy wonks when there are children, but family policy should be for all the generations.
The Report at: http://www.equalityhumanrights.com/en/publicationsandresources/Documents/Equalities/Working%20Better.pdf
September 28th, 2009 at 6:35 pm
Been there than that.. my father died last year in a palliative care… he was diagnose with kidney failure, multiple myloma, bone cancer and diabetes.. anyway, i think he had his best years.. thanks for those people who cared for him.