Children as carers: the impact of parental illness and disability on children's caring roles
- Authors:
- ALDRIDGE Jo, BECKER Saul
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Family Therapy, 21(3), August 1999, pp.303-320.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
The nature and extent of young caring in the UK continues to be a feature of a growing number of research programmes motivated by a children and carer's rights philosophy. This paper examines the arguments put forward by medical researchers, by those proposing a social model of disability and by those who have specifically investigated the conditions and experiences of young carers. A 'whole family approach' is proposed, which is responsive to both parents and children.
- Subject terms:
- parent-child relations, parents, physical disabilities, social welfare law, young carers, carers, children, childrens rights, families, family therapy;
- Link:
- Journal home page
- ISSN online:
- 1467-6427
- ISSN print:
- 0163-4445