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An exploratory qualitative study on relationships between older people and home care workers in South Korea: the view from family carers and service providers
- Author:
- CHON Yongho
- Journal article citation:
- Ageing and Society, 35(3), 2015, pp.629-652.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
This exploratory qualitative study explores the relationships between older people and home care workers under the new Korean long-term care insurance system. Semi-structured in-depth interviews were conducted with 22 family carers and private-sector home care service providers (home care workers and provider managers). The findings show that while the majority of family carers interviewed reported that their relationships were good, the majority of service providers' responses were more negative. Service providers stated that they experienced a number of difficulties that affected their relationships with older clients, including excessive demands or sexual harassment by the older people in their care, exposure to unsafe working environments, and poor treatment in terms of pay and conditions. The findings suggest that stable and good relationships between home care workers and their clients have not been secured in Korea's long-term care system. (Edited publisher abstract)
Adult social care
- Authors:
- FERGUSON Iain, LAVALETTE Michael
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- Publication year:
- 2014
- Pagination:
- 76
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
Adult social care in Britain has been at the centre of much media and public attention in recent years. Revelations of horrific abuse in learning disability settings, the collapse of major private care home providers, abject failures of inspection and regulation, and uncertainty over how long-term care of older people should be funded have all given rise to serious public concern. In this book, Iain Ferguson and Michael Lavalette give an historical overview of adult social care and locate the roots of the current crisis in the under-valuing of older people and adults with disabilities and in the marketisation of social care over the past two decades. They examine recent developments in social work with adults, including the personalisation agenda. They critically examine the prospects for adult social care and social work in a context of seemingly never-ending austerity. Responses to the historical overview essay are provided as follows: The Big Society debate and the social care crisis (Bill Jordan); How the market fails social care, (Mark Lymbery); The crisis in social care: deepening the analysis (Dexter Whitfield); Challenging the market and the state (Ian Hood); Personalisation: the experience in Glasgow (Brian Smith); and Supporting informal carers (Claire Cairns). (Edited publisher abstract)
Frail older people and their networks of support: how does telecare fit in?: AKTIVE Working paper 2
- Author:
- YEANDLE Sue
- Publisher:
- University of Leeds. Centre for International Research on Care, Labour and Equalities
- Publication year:
- 2014
- Pagination:
- 17
- Place of publication:
- Leeds
This paper focuses on the different types and configurations of formal and informal support in place, alongside telecare, to assist frail older people, and on how having telecare in place affected, and was influenced by, these arrangements. Based on detailed research with older telecare users and people involved in their care, the paper defines and contrasts three ‘ideal types’ identified as: ‘complex’; ‘family- based’; and ‘privatised support’ caring networks. It considers how telecare interacted with each type of caring network and explores differences in the relevance and applicability of each to frail older people in the AKTIVE study. Focusing on older people living at home with different types of frailty, the AKTIVE project aimed both to enhance understanding of how they (and those supporting them) accessed, engaged with and used the telecare equipment supplied to them, and to explore the consequences for them of doing so. In this paper particular reference is made to differences between older people using telecare who lived alone or with others; and between those who had memory problems or were susceptible to falls. The paper shows how telecare enhanced all three types of network, in at least some examples in the study, although no network type was dependent, or solely reliant, upon it. This highlights that telecare is not a panacea, a substitute for human care or an adequate solution in and of itself. (Edited publisher abstract)
The burden of long-term care: how Italian family care-givers become employers
- Author:
- DEGIULI Francesca
- Journal article citation:
- Ageing and Society, 30(5), July 2010, pp.755-777.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
This qualitative research looks at the increasing demand for long-term care services for older people which has developed in Italy, due to an increasingly ageing population, rising female labour-market participation and the restructuring of the welfare state, how it has been met by mostly women immigrants, of many nationalities who are hired to provide individualised care in people’s own homes and other private settings, and why family care-givers choose this care-support option. Semi-structured interviews comprising over 30 questions, of between 60 and 100 minutes, were conducted with 26 family members who were caring for a disabled older person. Sections entitled, ‘how employing paid care-givers began’, ‘elders and residential facilities’, ‘family care-givers and public services: an unfriendly relationship’, and ‘how family care-givers became employers’ detail participants’ responses in their own words, and show most did not choose home care given by immigrants with economic reasoning alone, but to provide consistency in cultural, moral and traditional understandings of family responsibilities and care. Insights into Italian attitudes of the care-labour market and welfare state are seen, ranging from those with wealth’s preference for a free market to the majority view of a greater role for the welfare state in helping people cope with the increased burden of long-term care.
Barriers, lessons learned, and helpful hints: grandmother caregivers talk about service utilization
- Author:
- GIBSON Priscilla A.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 39(4), 2002, pp.55-73.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Increasingly, grandmother caregivers must interact with social agencies to obtain services for their grandchildren, but encounter unanticipated obstacles. This qualitative study reports the experiences of 12 grandmothers who were caring for black grandchildren through five social service agencies. A semi-structured instrument was used that included questions about different aspects of the experience through in-depth interviews and a focus group. Findings describe three categories of experiences: (a) barriers encountered in the systems, (b) lessons learned about the systems, and (ac) helpful hints about the systems. Implications for social workers include behaviour during service delivery, the dual role inherent in practice with arrivers, and inclusion and support of biological parents(Copies of this article are available from: Seaworthy Document Delivery Centre Seaworthy Press Inc., 10 Alice Street Binghamton, NY 13904-1580)
Age Concern's comments on the pensions green paper: March 1999
- Publisher:
- Age Concern
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 16p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Comments on the Green Paper "A new contact for welfare: Partnerships in pensions". Covers: adequacy standards, minimum income levels, balance between state and private provision, means-testing, the role of the basic pension, crediting carers, provision of information and advice, gender differences.
Community care: the independent sector
- Author:
- BARODAWALA S.
- Journal article citation:
- British Medical Journal, 21.9.96, 1996, pp.740-743.
- Publisher:
- British Medical Association
The independent sector, which consists of the voluntary and private sectors, is a vital element in supporting older people in the community. This article looks at the role of the two sectors and highlights the main organisations involved in the support and care for older people in the community.
Professionals' attitudes and the mixed economy: implementing community care in Cheshire
- Author:
- LEECE Janet
- Journal article citation:
- Elders the Journal of Care and Practice, 4(1), February 1995, pp.5-16.
Details findings from a study in Cheshire which looked at experiences of the community care reforms for a group covering carers, social workers, and social services managers. Focuses on methods used to promote a mixed economy of care and professionals' attitudes towards the increased use of the independent sector.
FACT findings
- Author:
- ARDERN Peter
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 8.12.93, 1993, pp.32-34.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Reports on the winner of the education category of the 1993 Nursing Times/3M National Nursing Awards - the Forum for the Awareness, Communication and Training (FACT) with dementia, is a nursing-led initiative based as Goddard Day Hospital for people with dementia in Portsmouth. The primary aim of FACT is to develop awareness and skills in the care of people with dementia, which is carried out through seminars and workshops for a wide range of professionals in the public and private sector, for relatives, educationists and members of voluntary organisations.
A review of private residential care in Hong Kong: implications for policy and practice
- Authors:
- KWONG Enid Wai-Yung, KWAN Alex Yui-Huen
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Aging and Social Policy, 13(4), 2002, pp.73-90.
- Publisher:
- Routledge
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Hong Kong government policy encourages and facilitates families to care for their older members as long as possible by providing families and their older relatives with community support services. Residential care for the elderly is viewed as a last resort. Due to the inadequate supply of community support services, the longperiod of care required, and the gradual breakdown of values of filial support, familiesmay increasingly give up their caring roles and seek residential care for their dependent elderly relatives. A shortfall in subsidized residential care may lead to needy elderly persons' being cared for in private residential facilities. The demand for private residential care is projected to increase, despite criticism about the standardof care provided. Although an Ordinance, a Regulation, and a Code of Practice for residential care homes are in place to control, monitor, and upgrade private residential care in Hong Kong, problems remain that put the elderly at risk of receiving substandard services.