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Self-funded elder care and the Care Act 2014
— insights from a qualitative study of family carers' experiences | | Author(s) | Alfia Mangano |
| Journal title | Working with Older People, vol 20, no 3, 2016 |
| Publisher | Emerald, 2016 |
| Pages | pp 157-164 |
| Source | www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/wwop.htm |
| Keywords | Services ; Local Authority ; Usage [services] ; Admission ; Law ; Attitude ; Family care ; Qualitative Studies. |
| Annotation | Semi-structured interviews were conducted with family carers in a densely populated city in Northern England, to find out about their views and experiences of self-funded care for older people, with an emphasis on attitudes to public intervention. Study participants were recruited according to a purposive sampling strategy, and data analysis was based on a qualitative content analysis approach. The paper concludes that it may not be straightforward for local authorities to engage with family carers, as appropriate under the Care Act 2014. An issue is that family carers do not envisage an intervention by the local authority in circumstances involving the use of privately paid social services. Qualitative information gathered within a broad study of family carers' views, attitudes and practices of care of dependent older people have been interpreted in the light of the provisions of the Care Act 2014 concerning self-funders. Only a handful of studies have attempted to look into family carers' experiences of self-funded care, and this paper aims to contribute to the limited literature. It also provides an evidence-based assessment of the challenges associated with implementation of the Care Act 2014. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-161125230 A |
| Classmark | I: PE: QLD: QKH: VR: DP: P6:SJ: 3DP |
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