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A break free of caring?
- Author:
- -
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 1.8.02, 2002, pp.46-47.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Discusses the case of a disabled man whose mother needs respite, but can't get it.
A family affair
- Author:
- OLLERHEAD Diana
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 11.1.01, 2001, p.27.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
This article explains how a referral for respite care gave social workers a chance to assess and help the whole family.
Carers' rights
- Author:
- SUGARMAN Stuart
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Care, 4(9), May 2001, p.316.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
Independent assessment and access to direct payments are among the new rights accorded to carers under the Carers and Disabled Children Act 2000.
Recruiting and supporting short-break carers for children who are considered 'hard to place'
- Author:
- JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- York
Family-based, short-break (shared care or respite care) services provide support services to disabled children or adults and their families, through linking them with families or individuals who can provide short breaks on a regular basis. While disabled children or adults experience new relationships, environments and activities, their families get 'time to themselves'. These services are often a critical support for families with disabled children. However, children and young people who have complex healthcare needs or 'challenging behaviour', and/or who come from minority ethnic families, are often not provided with short break services: they are 'hard to place'. This study by Beth Prewett investigated why short-break carers provided breaks for 'hard to place' children, and looked at their recruitment, assessment, training and support. Outlines the findings.
Committed to caring: the views of short break carers for children who are hard to place
- Author:
- PREWETT Beth
- Publisher:
- York Publishing/Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 109p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- York
Shared care schemes provide a support service to disabled children and their families. They link disabled children with families or individuals who can provide them with short breaks on a regular basis. Disabled children experience new relationships, environments and activities while their families get time to themselves. This report describes: who becomes a short break carer for children who are hard to place and why; how these carers are recruited and assessed; and what training and support is provided. It highlights issues relating to recruiting and retaining short break carers. Includes practical advice and recommendations arising from the research at the end of each chapter.
Respite - the way forward in Kent
- Authors:
- NOBLE David, BATEMAN Nicola
- Journal article citation:
- Kent Journal of Practice Research, 1(3), September 1997, pp.16-27.
In 1993, the Kent Action for Respite Choice KARC carried out a research project which assessed the provision of respite services in Kent for disabled people and their carers. The results of the research indicated a lack of information concerning the availability of respite and a lack of assessment for services, which meant that a number of individuals were being denied access to respite breaks. As a result of the project in January 1995, KARC began a new research project which was funded by Kent Social Services and East Kent Health Authority. The aims of the research were to establish a common understanding of the principles of respite; identify the respite needs of disabled people and carers in Kent; identify the resources required to meet needs and to make flexible and innovative recommendations. Outlines how the project has approached and draws conclusions and recommendations from the results obtained.
Carers
- Author:
- BECKER Saul
- Journal article citation:
- Research Matters, 11, April 2001, pp.18-20.
- Publisher:
- Community Care
Parents from an ethnic minority caring for a severely disabled child, and family members caring for an older relative with dementia, have a very low profile and so their needs remain largely unmet. Reports on two studies which sought to uncover more information about the individual needs of these two client groups.
Giving carers the right to claim support
- Author:
- -
- Journal article citation:
- Reportage, 6(2), March 2000, p.4.
- Publisher:
- Age Concern
Looks at a government backed private member's bill which is seeking to extend the rights of carers.