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Home care in Austria: the interplay of family orientation, cash-for-care and migrant care. |
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Health and Social Care in the Community, 20(3), May 2012, pp.265-273. |
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0966-0410 |
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1365-2524 |
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This article, based on policy documents and statistical data, discusses the development of the home care sector in Austria. It analyses what impacts the interplay of the traditional family orientation to care, a universal cash-for-care scheme and a growing migrant care sector have on formal home care in the country. Austria has seen a substantial increase in formal home care over the past two decades. This has been driven by clients using their increased purchasing power and by policy priorities emphasising the extension of home care. Migrant care work was regularised in 2007, and the analysis suggests that while migrant care has usually worked as a substitute for other care arrangements, migrant care can also become a more integral element of care schemes. The article concludes that family orientation, unconditional cash benefits and the use of migrant carers do not necessarily preclude the development of a strong social service sector. Future implications are discussed. |
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home care; immigrants; informal care; long term care; personalisation; self-directed support; social care provision; social policy; |
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www.scie-socialcareonline.org.uk/profile.asp?guid=a719c77f-149f-434e-81f4-83c113d5795e |
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