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On the right road to Dublin
- Author:
- KING Jane
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 15.3.90, 1990, pp.28-29.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Open Road in Dublin is a three-year project which has placed twelve young men and women with learning difficulties in 'real' as opposed to sheltered employment.
The social cost and rewards of caring
- Author:
- CLIFFORD Dermott
- Publisher:
- Avebury
- Publication year:
- 1990
- Pagination:
- 267p.,tables,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- Aldershot
A study of social services in relation to carers in Ireland, focusing on the Kerry area. Includes a literature review and an outline of study methods, and goes on to look more closely at carers of elderly people and mentally handicapped people. Explores the motivations of carers, and asks what positive experiences might be associated with long-term caring. Compares the Irish setting with similar studies in Britain, and the plight of female carers with male carers. Based on 76 case studies, outlined in an appendix.