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unit 1
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- 1unit 1 core questions (1)what is meant by care in the family context
- 2unit 1 core questions (2)what is it like to experience care within families
- 3unit 1 core questions (3)where are the bounderies between careers and ordinary family members
- 4unit 1 core questions (4)what demands do care relationships place on people
- 5definition; Carersomeone who looks after a friend, relative or nieghbour who needs support because of their sickness, age or disability
not a proffessional care-worker in a nursing home or through direct payments - 6unit 1 1. end of unit checklist (1)explain the concept of family care
- 7unit 1 1. end of unit checklist (2)explain the significance of family care within overal care provision and link it to national care policy
- 8unit 1 1. end of unit checklist (3)outline some of the key challenges associated with family care
- 9unit 1 1. end of unit checklist (4)explian why family care has become the subject of government attention in recent years
- 10block 1 conceptsinterdependence
biomedical model
primary care
chronic condition
expert patient psychological aspects of illness
team working
maslows hierachy of needs
networks
parsons sick role
assesment of needs
direct payments
care package
postcode lottery
means-testing
personal assistant
social care and health care
care plan - 11story of Ann, Angus angus and their familyangus- 79, retired with parkinsons disease
Ann- 37, stepdaughter, had job but left to look after angus
Bob- anns husband, works
Zoe-12, ann and bobs daughter
Cheryl- anns freind, still works where ann used to - 12caveye: becoming and being a carer background of anns caring role*ann became a carer when her mother died and she took on the responsibilty for her father
*felt had no choice because:
felt it was expected-'womans job'
was already living there- so on the spot
had promised her mother
*at this stage did not recognise herself as a carer and denied it to cheryl
like many women-dont make a big deal out of it - 13parker and lawton what carers doperforms personal services
does physical labour
gives medicine
keeps company - 14carers allowance conditions direct gov.uk*be caring for someone for at least 35 hrs a week
*be over 16, and not a student
*be caring for someone formally recognised as 'disabled' (eg. someone who qualifies for the disability living allowance care component- higher or middle rate) or over 65 (to qualify foe attendance allowance
*not earn more than £95 per week - 15interdependancereciprocation
people in families may give support to each other- can become difficult to say who is the carer and who is cared for - 16labelling and identityterm care- a label
to get support you need this label
no longer, mum, daughter, wife etc.. now carer - 17networksalthough one person may doe the lions share of the work- others in the family and community may help as well
Fine's- argues the cost of defining 'carer' too closel- serves focus on one person as the care giver...and excludes other who also provide care - 18parkinsons diseasewhich angus has
effects about 1 in every 500 people in the uk
result of loss of nerve cells in the part of the brain which co-ordinates movement
mainly effects-but not exclusively, older people
its cause is unknown
effects people in different ways, but are 3 symptoms common to most with the condition
*tremor- uncontrollable shaking
*muscular stiffness- making it difficult to do everyday tasks
*slowness of movement
can also effect- sleep, balance and mood
a fluctuating condition- some days worse than others
(parkinson's disease society) - 19unit 1 2. end of unit checklist (1)care relationships can be stressful and demanding
- 20unit 1 2. end of unit checklist (2)the quality of the relationship between the person who is cared for and the carer is influenced by the dynamics of family life, past and present
- 21unit 1 2. end of unit checklist (3)lack of infomation about alternatives, and a sence of duty often means that the family members do not feel they ave a choice about taking on the role of carer
- 22unit 1 2. end of unit checklist (4)it often takes a crises before people ask for support
- 23unit 1 2. end of unit checklist (5)the situation of people on the receiving end of care mirrors that of carers in many respects. in addition, however, they are vulnerable to abuse or ill treatment from their carers in the privacy of the home
- 24unit 1 3. key points (1)the case study is not typical, but there are many families in a similar position
- 25unit 1 3. key points (2)the majority of carers are women, and most people cared for are older
- 26unit 1 3. key points (3)the experience of caring varies when the people who are at the receiving end are young people, but there are many common themes
- 27unit 1 4. key points (1)although caring has long been done within families, it only became a matter of public interest in the late twentieth century
- 28unit 1 4. key points (2)in some communities in the mid-twentieth century, care was accomplished by a network of family members living near to one another. Daughters usually took the main responsibility for caring
- 29unit 1 4. key points (3)changes in the way families live have led to caring becoming less of a shared responsibility between family members
- 30unit 1 4. key points (4)however, tehre is little evidence that families have rejected the idea that they have a responsibility to care for family members as they grow old and frail, but smaller families and greaterdistances mean that the type of contact has changed
- 31peter townsend the family life of older people sharing of care possible because;*46% of older people intervied livd with relatives
*most others had relatives nearby
*most had over 10 family members living within a mile- 1 had 90!!
*85% of those with children had an adult living with a mile
*very few adult children moved far from their parents
*people kept in frequant contact- most saw each other every day
*until they became seriously ill, older women in particular were able to reciprocate they care they recieved- cooking, looking after children - 32peter townsend the family life of older people main points aout caring to come from the studymot cadone by female relatives
*one person- usually the daughter, was the main person to provide care
*care made easier by close proximity of family members
*there was reciprocity
*people without relatives were most likely to need state support
*improving the families ability to care was the right way for state services to go - 33unit 1 end of unit checklist (1)explain the concept of family care
- 34unit 1 end of unit checklist (2)explain the significance of family care within overall care provision and link it to national care policy
- 35unit 1 end of unit checklist (3)outline some of the key challenges associated with family care
- 36unit 1 end of unit checklist (4)explain why family care has become the subject of government attention in recent years