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Diversity in caring
— towards equality for carers | | Author(s) | Sue Yeandle, Cinnamon Bennett, Lisa Buckner |
| Corporate Author | University of Leeds; Carers UK |
| Publisher | Carers UK, London, 2007 |
| Pages | 34 pp (Carers, Employment and Services report series, no 3); in pack of 6 report |
| Source | Carers UK, 32-36 Loman Street, Southwark, London SE1 0EE. E-mail: mark.murphy@carersuk.org Download from website: http://www.acecarers.org.uk/Resources/PracticalRes... |
| Keywords | Informal care ; Employees ; Needs [elderly] ; Social surveys. |
| Annotation | This is one of a series of studies arising from the Carers, Employment and Services (CES) study conducted in 2007-7 at the University of Leeds, commissioned by Carers UK, lead partner in the Action for Carers and Employment partnership. The study was part-funded under the European Social Fund (ESF) EQUAL Community Initiative Programme. The findings reported are based on 1909 responses to a national survey targeting carers of working age, and 134 face-to-face interviews with carers aged 25-64 living in ten localities in England, Wales and Scotland. This report highlights new evidence about carers in all their diversity and about how different groups of carers experience their caring situation, especially in relation to their ability to combine caring with paid employment. It includes responses from ethnic minority carers, and extensive data about carers supporting someone living in a rural area, carers in difficult financial circumstances, and carers in poor health. The report illustrates the situation of these groups of carers with data from the qualitative interviews to explore how far carers with these characteristics have distinct needs or experiences, and explores how far these carers have needs which differentiate them from other carers. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-080226004 B |
| Classmark | P6: WK: IK: 3F |
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