Overall, the number of employees
in elderly care can
be expected to increase
by a minimum of 50% by
2030 in the EU, even under
unchanged conditions.
In Hungary, the average salary
of someone working in elderly
care is 5% lower than the
overall average in the social
services sector. Employees
would consider a minimum
wage increase of at least
50% as fair in the current
situation. More than half of
employees have second jobs
to supplement their earnings.
The consequences of staff
shortages are manifold: there
is less and less time to provide
individual care; increasing
stress and risk of injury,
rising number of patients,
faster pace of work, subsitutions
and the division of
responsibilities, and
a lack of time for trade
union activity.
Author(s): Andrea Gyarmati
Publisher: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 32
City: Budapest
Tags: European Union, Hungary, nursery homes
Executive Summary
1
DESK RESEARCH, the situation in the European Union
1.1 Labour force map
1.2 Working conditions
1.3 Policy proposals for decision makers
2
Secondary analysis: Elderly care workers in Hungary
2.1 Methodology
2.2 Employee demographics
2.3 Earnings, second jobs, subjective wellbeing
2.4 Perceived labour shortage, staff turnover
2.5 The physical-emotional strain and danger of work
2.6 Trade Union Membership, Advocacy
3
Results of the interview research
3.1 Staff in institutions: composition, staff shortages, fluctuation
3.2 Material esteem
3.3 Working conditions: schedule, work intensity, physical environment, work equipment, administration
3.4 Health condition, stress, burnout, abuse
3.5 Trade union membership, advocacy
3.6 Covid experiences
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