Associate Professor Shinya Sugawara of the Faculty of Business Administration, Tokyo University of Science, and Professor Jiro Nakamura of the Advanced Research Institute for the Science of Nihon University have found that the spread of the new coronavirus infection has led to refraining from using outpatient care and home-visit care.The burden is placed on women who provide long-term care at home, and the balance between long-term care and employment is in a pinch.
Associate Professor Sugawara and his colleagues investigated and analyzed the relationship between the spread of the first wave infection of the new corona, the use of nursing care services, and the labor situation, using monthly labor statistics data released by each prefecture.
According to the report, there was a nationwide tendency to avoid outpatient long-term care because of fear of infection, and it was found that home-visit long-term care, which the government had encouraged to use as an alternative measure, is also being refrained from using it.
National data showed a tendency for new corona positives to increase and working hours to decrease, while in the region a negative correlation was found between new corona positives and female working hours.Associate Professor Sugawara and his colleagues believe that this is a result of the gathering of working women who are refraining from using outpatient care and home-visit care.
This survey and analysis does not include part-time workers who are more likely to change their working hours.Since most of the part-time workers are female, Associate Professor Sugawara and his colleagues suspect that more wrinkles are concentrated on females in the household.
Paper information:[Health Policy] Long-term care at home and female work during the COVID-19 pandemic
