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Do they look after their own?
— informal support for South Asian carers | | Author(s) | Savita Kathbamna, Waqar Ahmad, Padma Bhakta |
| Journal title | Health & Social Care in the Community, vol 12, no 5, September 2004 |
| Pages | pp 398-406 |
| Source | www.blackwellpublishing.com/hsc |
| Keywords | Asian people ; India ; Pakistan ; Bangladesh ; Family care ; Extended families ; Qualitative Studies. |
| Annotation | Community care policy in the UK assumes that the care of frail older people with disabilities would be a joint responsibility for health and social care professionals, and family carers supported by people within their social networks. This paper is based on a qualitative study of the experiences of carers in South Asian communities that examined the quality and quantity of informal support available to different types of households. 33 male and 72 female carers were selected from the Punjabi Sikh, Gujarati Hindu, Bangladeshi and Pakistani communities. Participants were caring for people in all age groups with physical and/or mental distress, and in some cases with multiple or complex impairments. The analysis of carers' accounts suggested that for a variety of reasons, the main carers, irrespective of gender, had limited support both in nuclear and extended households. Also, societal attitudes towards disability and the fear of obligation prevented the seeking and accepting of help from wider social networks. The evidence does not support the assumption about extended families and their willingness and ability to support carers. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-041130204 A |
| Classmark | TKK: 7FA: 7FC: 7FD: P6:SJ: SJA: 3DP |
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