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The Taiwanese Association of Family Caregivers — transformation in the long-term care debate for carers
Author(s)	Frank T Y Wang, Chen-Fen Chen
Journal title	International Journal of Care and Caring, vol 1, no 1, March 2017
Publisher	Policy Press, March 2017
Pages	pp 121-126
Source	http://policypress.co.uk/journals/international-jo...
Keywords	Family care ; Voluntary agencies ; Advocacy ; Long-term care insurance ; Policy ; Taiwan.
Annotation	Accepting political appointment from the government is a double-edged sword for an advocacy group, which could mean a chance to influence policies or conflicts with other advocacy groups. The Taiwanese Association of Family Caregivers (TAFC) went through such a process of transformation when it was appointed as a member of a formal committee set up by the Taiwanese government in 2009 to develop and implement a long term care insurance scheme. The authors called this process TAFC's awakening, because the opportunity served as a catalyst for TAFC to confirm its identity as a representative of carers, speaking solely from the carer's perspective. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-170609205 A
Classmark	P6:SJ: PK: IQ: WPH: QAD: 7DP
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