Paid Leave Mandates and Care for Older Parents.

ABSTRACT: Policy Points We examined the effect of the Paid Family Leave policy (PFL) and Paid Sick Leave policy (PSL) on care provision to older parents. We found that PSL adoption led to an increase in care provision, an effect mainly attributable to respondents in states/periods when PSL and PFL were concurrently offered. Some of the strongest effects were found among women and unpartnered adult children. PFL adoption by itself was not associated with care provision to parents except when PFL also offered job protection. Paid leave policies have heterogeneous effects on eldercare and their design and implementation should be carefully considered.

Context

Family caregivers play a critical role in the American long-term care system. However, care responsibilities are known to potentially conf

SUBMITTER: Arora K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11576588 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature