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The responsibility for child and aged care
— shaping policies for the future | | Author(s) | Michael Fine |
| Corporate Author | Social Policy Research Centre - SPRC, University of New South Wales |
| Journal title | SPRC Discussion Paper, no 105, 1999 |
| Pages | 38 pp |
| Keywords | Family care ; Community care ; Commercial care ; Australia. |
| Annotation | Like other comparable English-speaking countries, Australia is looking increasingly to the market as the means of meeting human needs. It is widely accepted that, in most instances, families have had and continue to assume primary responsibility for the care of older people in need of support. However, experience in the field of elder care suggests that state support and intervention has been required when families are unable to continue in these roles. As the existing "safety net" of state intervention is coming under unprecedented demographic, economic and political pressure, there is a need to re-examine alternative options for providing care. This paper considers the options and implications of shifting the balance between the various potential sources of support. These include care provided by unpaid family caregivers, care provided by the voluntary community-based agencies, market-based care provisions, and care provisions supported by the state. Attention is drawn to the implications of the changing character of elder care, as well as to the links between labour force participation and the ability of family caregivers (especially women) to provide care, and the impact of different forms of equity between and across generations. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990924203 B |
| Classmark | P6:SJ: PA: PI: 7YA |
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