Putting the Case Study in Context

6 million people provide unpaid care, around 12%
1. 68% care for up to 19hpw
2. 11% care for between 20-49hpw
3. 21% care for over 50hpw
58% are women, 42 % men
51% care for someone they share a home with
57% provide help with mobility
22% give medicines
71% provide other help
70% of those on the recieveing end are over the age of 65
38% care for parents
18% care for spouses or partners
Young people who recive care often have the same feeling as an older person
1. Feeling a burden
  1. Over protected adb cinstrained by their families
2. Fear
  1. over a future when parents are no longer around to care for them
3. Isolation
  1. Dont go out, there fore have no friends, limited visitors due to disability
4. Choice
  1. Varies on individual, some fight to be able to socialise, where as others except that this is teh way it is going to be
  2. asserting their need to develop own indempendence
Hussain et all (2002)
1. Young Asian disabled people
Parents caring for children
1. Determined to look after themsleves, know help is there
2. mistake of doing everything for her, made it too easy
3. Tried to make him independent
4. Family can ancipate the worse 'why did you bring her here'
5. Relucatnt of community to help and support unlike Pakistan

Resumo de Recurso

	Criado por Charlie_eeyore aproximadamente 11 anos atrás