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Challenging professional roles
— lay carers' involvement in health care in the community | | Author(s) | Susan Pickard, Sally Jacobs, Susan Kirk |
| Journal title | Social Policy & Administration, vol 37, no 1, February 2003 |
| Pages | pp 82-96 |
| Keywords | Informal care ; Health services ; Community care ; Social policy. |
| Annotation | The bulk of care in the community is carried out by lay carers. Recent policy initiatives to support them are outlined. There remains evidence of significant gaps in support from professional health and social care workers including community nurses. This paper reports three studies of lay carers: those caring for older people; carers of technology-dependent children; and home care workers involved in the "direct payments" scheme. Findings are reported in the areas of decisions about appropriate caring roles, the lay-professional boundary, training, and respite opportunities, and the experiences of lay carers. Recommendations for policy and practice are made. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-030314210 A |
| Classmark | P6: L: PA: TM2 |
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