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Continuing to care
— the effect on spouses and children of an older person's admission to a care home | | Author(s) | Fay Wright |
| Corporate Author | Joseph Rowntree Foundation - JRF |
| Publisher | Joseph Rowntree Foundation, York, 1998 |
| Pages | 147 pp |
| Source | York Publishing Services Ltd, 64 Hallfield Road, York YO31 7ZQ. |
| Keywords | Admission [nursing homes] ; Admission [care homes] ; Spouses as carers ; Children [offspring] as carers ; Personal relationships ; Social surveys. |
| Annotation | This research project funded by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) investigated the consequences for spouses and middle-aged offspring of a frail older person's admission to a residential or nursing care home. Basing the findings on interviews with more than 60 carers, the research had three signIficant objectives to examine: how family caregivers and the cared-for person chose a care home; the costs to family members, both financial and emotional, of a cared-for person's admission to a care home; and the extent to which family caregivers continued, or wished to continue, caring activities in the care home. The report also explores the demographic context, significant changes in the provision of care homes, the reasons why people enter care homes, and the current debate about paying for long-term care in the future, on which caregivers put forward their views. The report concludes by suggesting options for change to policy and practice as a result of its findings, and will thus inform both local authority policy and care home management. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-981117202 B |
| Classmark | LHB:QKH: KW:QKH: P6:SN: P6:SS: DS: 3F |
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