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MentionedHealth: Men, say, do more for the elderly

www.dailymail.co.uk, February 18, 2024
NOTES ON HEALTH: According to a report, men must do more to support elderly parents as the burden currently falls unfairly on women. According to a survey of 2,000 people by Home Instead UK, which provides at-home care for seniors, 88 percent of women and 66% of men feel there is a greater desire on women to take care of the family. In addition, 66% of female and 42 percent of male carers believe that men don't do enough to look after their older relatives.

According to the report, women in the United Kingdom spent thousands more hours looking after elderly relatives than men do, and there's a growing concern for them to fulfill caring roles

www.dailymail.co.uk, February 15, 2024
According to Home Instead's analysis, the burden of family care isdisproportionately burdened on women women as they are faced with a greater desire to fulfill caring duties than their male peers. The findings, which focus on the lives of the nation's multi-generational carers, were the basis for a recent campaign by private home care company Take Care, which includes two short films on the pressures of caring and its impact. According to the survey, 84% of women in the United Kingdom found that people should rethink the role of females as default carers in society, which is a view shared by 66% of men. According to a shocking 88 percent of females surveyed and 66% of males, there is a greater desire on women to fulfill caring roles than men.