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Social networks, befriending and support for family carers of people with dementia
Author(s)	Georgina Charlesworth, Xanthippe Tzimoula, Paul Higgs
Journal title	Quality in Ageing, vol 8, no 2, June 2007
Pages	pp 37-44
Source	http://www.pavpub.com
Keywords	Dementia ; Family care ; Social contacts ; Visiting ; Self help organisations.
Annotation	Social networks are seen to influence the use of health and social care services. In a secondary analysis of data from the Befriending and Cost of Caring (BECCA) project, a longitudinal study of befriending of carers of people with dementia, the authors studied the relationship between network type and support from family or friends, voluntary sector befriending, and residential or nursing care. Using Wenger's typology of social network, findings suggest that the pattern of support use varies by differences in the structure of networks. It is recommended that questions on social networks should be widely incorporated into carers' assessments to help identify need for social support interventions and to enable the sensitive selection of appropriate types of carer support to be provided. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-070813212 A
Classmark	EA: P6:SJ: TOA: NP: PQ
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