Background: Relatively little attention has been given to the effects of caregiving context on
the experience of family members providing care for a person with dementia. This review …

The authors of this timely book set out to answer this pressing question and offer an
explanation as to what makes older people give up their homes. Residential care homes …

The formula 'care= organisation+ physical labour+ emotional labour'identifies component
parts of 'carework'as they were observed at a hospice. A comparison between women's …

Research and theory on 'dependency'and 'care-giving'have to date proceeded along largely
separate lines, with little sense that they are exploring and explaining different aspects of the …

p. cm. Rev. ed. of: Research design for social work and the human services/Jeane W.
Anastas and Marian L. MacDonald. c1994. Includes bibliographical references (p.) and …

There is evidence that policy-makers in most Western welfare states are moving towards a
new set of assumptions about the contributions that men and women make to families …

First published in 1994. The sociology of community is currently undergoing something of a
revival, and this book has been written with the aim of contributing to this process in a …

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 …

Community care lies at the intersection of day-to-day life and the public world of service
provision. Using the lens of one particular activity-bathing-this book explores what happens …

Este artigo centra-se no tema assistência a idosos dependentes por doença crônica e
degenerativa, e chama a atenção para o papel do cuidador em casa. A recomendação para …