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Unpaid carers hold the key to sustainable social care : is it time they got the credit?

This paper reviews the challenges faced by unpaid family carers and the current support and services available to them. It argues that current carer support should be built on and presents the evidence for doing so, including evidence of the opportunities to make substantial savings in residential care costs. The paper suggests a new way in which proposed resource allocation and personal budget systems could be developed in order to sustain caring, avoiding the risk of a new perverse incentive to families to end caring roles. The paper provides some modelling of the costs and benefits of this approach. 

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Additional Titles
Journal of Care Services Management

Key Information

Type of Reference
Jour
Resource Database
Hmic
Publication Year
2010
Issue Number
4
Volume Number
4
Start Page
270-279
Language
English