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'Share the Care': An Evaluation of a Family-Based Respite Care Service
Kirsten Stalker
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Description for 'Share the Care': An Evaluation of a Family-Based Respite Care Service
Paperback. 'Share the Care' examines the different ways in which respite care schemes operate, focusing in particular on the Share-the-Care service in Lothian and the experience of parents of children with learning difficulties of using the scheme, respite carers, families facing an extended wait for respite and families who withdraw from the scheme. Num Pages: 160 pages, bibliography,. BIC Classification: JKSB1; JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (XV) Technical / Manuals. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 281.
The provision of respite care within families is a relatively new development and the ad hoc nature of individual schemes has resulted in a great variation in their character; relatively little research has been carried out into the policy and practice of this important development in community care. 'Share the Care' examines: the different ways in which respite care schemes operate, focusing in particular on the Share-the-Care service in Lothian; the experience of parents of children with learning difficulties of using the scheme; respite carers: who joins the scheme and why, their perceptions of its rewards and dissatisfactions, and their ... Read more
The provision of respite care within families is a relatively new development and the ad hoc nature of individual schemes has resulted in a great variation in their character; relatively little research has been carried out into the policy and practice of this important development in community care. 'Share the Care' examines: the different ways in which respite care schemes operate, focusing in particular on the Share-the-Care service in Lothian; the experience of parents of children with learning difficulties of using the scheme; respite carers: who joins the scheme and why, their perceptions of its rewards and dissatisfactions, and their ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Pub
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781853020384
SKU
V9781853020384
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1
About Kirsten Stalker
Dr Kirsten Stalker is a Reader in the Education Faculty at Strathclyde University. She has published widely in the field of social work.
Reviews for 'Share the Care': An Evaluation of a Family-Based Respite Care Service
A well researched and well presented book... readable and informative.
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