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Willis, Diane

Inconsistencies in the roles of family- and paid- carers in monitoring health issues in people with learning disabilities : some implications for the integration of health and social care

Changes in the living circumstances of people with learning disabilities have seen responsibility for their health become the provenance of paid-and family-carers. Thirteen semi-structured interviews were conducted with three family-carers and ten paid-carers. Findings revealed that the role of these carers was undefined, leading to difficulty in deciphering who was responsible for the health care of the people they supported, with some paid-carers claiming that health was outwith their remit.

Thu, 07/20/2017 - 15:15