Reconceptualising work with "carers": new directions for policy and practice
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Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London Jessica Kingsley Publishers ©2003
Series:Research highlights in social work 43
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Reconceptualising Work with 'Carers'; Contents; Introduction; 1. Carers: An Overview of Concepts, Developments and Debates; 2. Caring Relationships: Looking Beyond Welfare Categories of 'Carers' and 'Service Users'; 3. Diversity among Carers; 4. Carers and Assessment; 5. Caring Families: Their Support or Empowerment?; 6. Caring Voices: Carers' Participation in Policy and Practice; 7. Carers and Employment; 8. Getting to Grips with Poor Care; 9. The Legal Framework of Caring; The Contributors; Subject Index; Author Index
In the wake of the profound changes in policy and practice around caring over the past ten years, this volume takes a fresh look at the social and legal status of carers. Demonstrating the scope and diversity of 'caring', the contributors highlight the positive aspects of caring and the interdependence of many caring relationships but also broach the sensitive and complex subject of 'poor' care and the importance of identifying and meeting the needs of 'hidden carers'. Arguing that policy and practice must take account of both carers' and users' interests, the contributors re-evaluate the exis
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (208 pages)
ISBN:1417501987
1843101181
184642366X
9781417501984
9781843101185
9781846423666

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