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| Informal and formal care : exploring the complementarity | | Author(s) | Neena Chappell, Audrey Blandford |
| Journal title | Ageing and Society, vol 11, part 3, September 1991 |
| Pages | pp 299-317 |
| Keywords | Informal care ; Statutory agencies. |
| Annotation | This paper attempts to examine the interface between two support systems, formal and informal care. It examines the correlates of using neither informal nor formal care systems, only one system and several combinations of both systems. It explores the characteristics of those who do and do not make complementary use of both systems and under what circumstances the two systems are complementary. Multivariate analyses are performed using logistic regression analyses, to examine the correlates of the different sources of support. Analyses demonstrate that those who use the formal care system do so while retaining care from the informal network. The data point to the complementarity of the two care systems, not in terms of task specificity but rather, in terms of a sharing of overall task load. (KJ). |
| Accession Number | CPA-920514003 A |
| Classmark | P6: PB |
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