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A new strategy for carers: better support for families and carers of older people — Counsel and Care policy discussion paper 3
Author(s)	Caroline Bernard
Corporate Author	Counsel and Care
Publisher	Electronic format, London, October 2007
Pages	34 pp
Source	Counsel and Care, Twyman House, 16 Bonny Street, London NW1 9PG. Website: http://www.counselandcare.org.uk Advice Line: 0845 300 7585
Keywords	Informal care ; The Family ; Services ; Social policy.
Annotation	The Government's Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR) in 2007 promised a "radical rethink" of social care for older people. 'A new strategy for carers' offers ideas for making life easier for those with caring responsibilities. It looks at the policy context and evidence, and argues that despite the 1999 Strategy for Carers and the Carers Act 2004, carers are still at a disadvantage and not adequately recognised. Drawing on the experiences of callers to the Counsel and Care advice line and findings from the Wanless review, it offers solutions to improving holistic support for families and carers, for example advice, advocacy, respite breaks and support. It reviews progress on the commitments made in the 2006 White Paper, "Our health, our care, our say" (Cm 6737), and makes recommendations as to what a new carers strategy should look like. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-071105211 E
Classmark	P6: SJ: I: TM2
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