Carers are the bedrock of community care, and yet our understanding of how they do and do
not fit into the care system is limited. Concern is often expressed about the need to support …

Social work has become a business. The traditional distinction drawn between social work
as a non-commercial activity in the public and voluntary sectors of the welfare state and …

Why do rising incomes not make people happier? Some argue that it is because we quickly
become accustomed to our new acquisitions. Others would say that it is because relative …

Community care has long been the preferred policy for caring for dependent people. This
book, first published in 1988, challenges accepted ideas about community care, arguing that …

This paper explores the care-giving experiences of informal carers in cancer contexts,
drawing on both quantitative and qualitative data generated in a 3 year study in the UK on …

This paper argues that the interfaces between formal and informal care‐giving are changing
as a result of two current trends; the increased scope of home‐based nursing care and the …

Demographic ageing is a reality-within 25 years half the population of Western Europe will
be over 50, one quarter over 65, and the Less Developed Countries will contain one billion …

The bulk of care provided to elderly people living in the community and needing assistance
is provided informally by family and friends. This paper investigates themes from an …

Aim. This paper reports a study exploring the impact of advanced heart failure on the lives of
older patients and their informal carers. Background. Prognosis is poor in heart failure, with …

Men have hitherto largely been invisible in research on informal care. This paper examines
gender differences in informal caring, focusing on gender differences according to the …