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

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