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Still caring
- Authors:
- WRIGHT Fay, ALISON Virginia
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 22.8.91, 1991, pp.18-19.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Reports on research carried out by Age Concern and the Spastics Society into older people caring for an adult disabled child.
The capacity to care: a family focused approach to social work practice with the disabled elderly
- Author:
- MOORE S.T.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 10(1/2), 1987, pp.79-97.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Discusses the family care-giving process and the relevance of family theory to social work practice.
Cause for concern: a study of people who have the ultimate responsibility of caring for severely disabled and/or elderly person living at home
- Author:
- BRISTOW Anna K
- Publisher:
- Association of Crossroads Care Attendant Schemes
- Publication year:
- 1986
- Pagination:
- 47p.
- Place of publication:
- Rugby
A study of 10 states since passage of the National Family Caregiver Support Program: policies, perceptions, and program development
- Authors:
- FEINBERG Lynn Friss, NEWMAN Sandra L.
- Journal article citation:
- Gerontologist, 44(6), December 2004, pp.760-769.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Describes the preliminary experiences of 10 US states in providing support services to family or informal caregivers of elderly adults and adults with disabilities, focusing on the newly created National Family Caregiver Support Program, state general funds, Medicaid-waiver programs, and other state-funding streams. Case studies were conducted in March-July 2002 through in-person interviews with state officials and stakeholders in Alabama, California, Florida, Hawaii, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Pennsylvania, Texas and Washington. States were in the start-up phase of implementing the Program and varied greatly in programme design and integration of caregiver support into their home- and community-based care system. Viewing family caregivers as a client population was a paradigm shift for many state officials. Heavy reliance is currently placed on family and informal caregivers in home- and community-based care, without adequate support services. Family support should be an explicit goal of long-term-care system reform.
New directions in community care: a Labour Party discussion document
- Author:
- HINCHLIFFE David
- Publisher:
- Labour Party
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 7p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Document which aims to identify and encourage the development and expansion of new models of care which offer greater choice and wider opportunities for people who wish to remain in independent or semi-independent living.
Balancing work and caregiving for children, adults, and elders
- Authors:
- NEAL Margaret B., et al
- Publisher:
- Sage
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 314p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Newbury Park, CA
Research study exploring how employees who are also carers juggle the responsibilities of work and family. Looks at the research into employees who have children, who care for adults with disabilities, who care for older people, and who have multiple care giving roles. Goes on to examine policies, benefits, and services in the workplace. Concludes with an overview of the implications of the study and makes recommendations.
Self-help in relation to informal and formal care
- Authors:
- PENNING M.J., CHAPPELL N.L.
- Journal article citation:
- Ageing and Society, 10(1), March 1990, pp.41-59.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Reports on a survey showing that poor health in the form of functional disability and the availability of support from a spouse are the strongest correlates of informal care.
Home or away?: report of a working conference on home support schemes for elderly people with mental and physical disabilities held on 12th December 1986 at Whitbread's Brewery, City of London
- Editor:
- MURPHY Elaine
- Publisher:
- Guys and St. Thomas's Hospitals United Medical Schools. National Unit for Psychi
- Publication year:
- 1987
- Pagination:
- 74p., bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- London
Promoting independence for wheelchair users: the role of home accommodations
- Authors:
- ALLEN Susan, RESNIK Linda, ROY Jason
- Journal article citation:
- Gerontologist, 46(1), February 2006, pp.115-123.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
The objective of this research was to investigate whether home accommodations influence the amount of human help provided to a nationally representative sample of adults who use wheelchairs. The authors analyzed data from the Adult Disability Follow-back Survey (DFS), Phase II, of the Disability Supplement to the 1994–1995 National Health Interview Surveys (NHIS-D). The analytic sample consisted of 899 adults aged 18 and older who reported using wheelchairs in the previous 2 weeks. The authors conducted logistic regression and ordinary least squares (OLS) regression analyses to test the influence of home accommodations on the receipt of any human help, and among respondents who received help, on the hours of help received, respectively. The authors analyzed paid and unpaid help separately. Home accommodations were related to the receipt of unpaid, but not paid, help. Relative to having no home accommodations, the presence of each additional accommodation decreased the odds of having unpaid help by 14%. Additionally, the authors observed an inverse relationship between the number of accommodations in the home and hours of unpaid help. For wheelchair users who live alone, specific types of home accommodations were also inversely related to hours of unpaid help. Policies that reimburse for home accommodations may be an efficient response to the growing demand for home-care support while enabling greater autonomy and independence for people who use wheelchairs.
Elder disability as an explanation for racial differences in informal home care
- Authors:
- LI Lydia W., FRIES Brant E.
- Journal article citation:
- Gerontologist, 45(2), April 2005, pp.2-6-215.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Adjusting for sociodemographic characteristics and disability levels, this study examines whether differences exist in the structure and function of community-dwelling Black and White frail elders' informal care networks. Data from in-person assessments of Michigan's Home and Community-Based Medicaid Waiver applicants were analyzed. The sample consisted of 936 Black and 3,182 White frail elderly persons. When sociodemographic characteristics were controlled for, racial differences were found in all informal care components except out-of-home chores. Differences in functional components (amount of care, scope of assistance, and personal care) were largely accounted for by disability, whereas racial differences in the structural components (source of care, living arrangement, and sole caregiver) and in-home chores were not. Findings suggest that Black elders are not better off than White elders in the receipt of informal care. Although Black elders receive more informal help, this difference is primarily because of level of disability. This study calls for heightened awareness of disability among low-income Black elders and the potential burden experienced by their caregivers