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The "Caring in later life" report
— a secondary analysis of the 1995 General Household Survey | | Author(s) | Alisoun Milne, Eleni Hatzidimitriadou |
| Journal title | Quality in Ageing, vol 3, no 3, September 2002 |
| Pages | pp 3-15 |
| Keywords | Informal care ; Older people ; Social characteristics [elderly] ; Social surveys. |
| Annotation | Milne et al's report, "Caring in later life: a review of the needs and roles of older carers" (2001), brings together a wide-ranging literature review and original meta-analysis of the 1995 General Household Survey (GHS). This paper focuses on the GHS analysis. The picture of older carers that emerges differs significantly to that of carers overall. Older carers represent an increasingly large proportion of the total number of UK carers. They can be distinguished from other groups of carers, as they are more likely to live with the person they care for, with caring likely to take place within the context of a long-term relationship, most carers being spouses. Dementia is a dominant feature, and carers are likely to be involved in intimate and personal care. Many carers also have health problems of their own. The analysis confirms a distinction between older co-resident and extra resident carers. There is clearly a high level of devotion to caring amongst co-resident carers: many provide intensive care over long periods of time with little or no support from services. The authors suggest that more should be done by policy and services to improve older carers' health and quality of life. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-021101210 A |
| Classmark | P6: B: F: 3F |
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