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Carers
- Author:
- BECKER Saul
- Journal article citation:
- Research Matters, 2004, 2004, pp.5-10.
- Publisher:
- Community Care
Argues that a hitherto hidden group of young carers, aged 18-24, has emerged from the shadows. Their needs must be addressed. They have tended to fall into gaps between adult and children's services, health and social care, and education, youth services and social services. Greater co-operation is needed. The group are not children and cannot be treated as such. Service providers seldom cater
Carers
- Author:
- BECKER Saul
- Journal article citation:
- Research Matters, 2001, pp.28-33.
- Publisher:
- Community Care
A new initiative to support carers in the United States mirrors the national carers strategy in the UK. But there are important differences, such as the role of insurance in the provision of long term care. Looks at some recent research studies, in particular a study to understand how long-term care insurance for disabled older people can affect the lives of their working care givers.
Carers
- Author:
- BECKER Saul
- Journal article citation:
- Research Matters, 9, April 2000, pp.22-26.
- Publisher:
- Community Care
The whole family is the focus of the three pieces of research reviewed in this article. The in-depth studies give a detailed picture of the experience and aspirations of family members, carers and non-carers alike.
Carers and indicators of vulnerability to social exclusion
- Author:
- BECKER Saul
- Journal article citation:
- Benefits, 28, April 2000, pp.1-4.
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
Discusses the concept of social exclusion in relation to carers and asks why it has taken so long to link carers with the social exclusion agenda.
Carers
- Author:
- BECKER Saul
- Journal article citation:
- Research Matters, 2000, 2000, pp.26-28.
- Publisher:
- Community Care
Carers are vulnerable to the effects of social exclusion, and yet they play a vital role within society, and one that is unpaid. Research has identified the most common indicators of social exclusion and those most at risk of it.
Young carers in Europe: an exploratory cross-national study in Britain, France, Sweden and Germany
- Editor:
- BECKER Saul
- Publisher:
- Loughborough University. Department of Social Science. Young Carers Research Gro
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 106p.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- Loughborough
Research report revealing the extent to which young carers have been ignored in Europe and highlighting issues for future policy formulation.
Punishing children for caring: the hidden cost of young carers
- Authors:
- ALDRIDGE Jo, BECKER Saul
- Journal article citation:
- Children and Society, 7(4), 1993, pp.376-387.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
... as well as by other family members. It suggests that child carers are effectively punished for caring. The paper goes on to examine the implications for child carers of the Community Care Act, finally implemented on 1 April 1993, to raise a number of critical question about the rights of children who care, and to suggest a number of innovative ways forward, based upon the expressed needs of young carers.
Carers' assessments in Nottinghamshire: content, process and outcomes
- Authors:
- BECKER Saul, et al
- Publisher:
- Nottinghamshire. Social Services Department
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 74p.
- Place of publication:
- Nottingham
Examines 271 carers' assessment forms and analyses carer stress. This covers services give short breaks from caring which require an assessment. An assessment also helps to understand the needs as a carer and provide better services in the future. If carers provide or intend to provide care regularly (about 20 hours per week or more), they are entitled to an assessment. If the person cared
Carers
- Author:
- BECKER Saul
- Journal article citation:
- Research Matters, April 2002, pp.11-16.
- Publisher:
- Community Care
Discusses how the chances of becoming an informal carer are increasingly for everybody in society, underlining the need for better recognition and improved support for all carers.
Young carers in their own words
- Editors:
- BIBBY Andrew, BECKER Saul
- Publisher:
- Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 80p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Introductory chapters explain the issues, set out current policy and put forward recommendations for future practice for young carers. The following chapters contain the experiences of young carers, in their own words.