Question | Answer |
Angus McPhail 79 Ann Walker 37 Bob Walker Zoe Walker Cheryl | See's herself has a wife, mother, daughter not a carer. promised her mum, feels like its her duty |
Ann= carer performs washing, toileting, physical labour=taking angus to bed. gives medication keep him company | If she asks for help she may feel like a failure and that she can't cope. carers are sometimes hidden in families and unknown about. |
Care in families 6 million people in the uk provide unpaid support | their work saves £57 billion a year (carers uk 2006) |
Carers uk= campaign's for needs for carers | carers allowance= 35 hours a week over 16 not a student care for someone recopgnised as DISABLED who get dla or over 65 not earn more then £95 a week |
Advantages of being a carer= carers allowance £45.70 week(July 2007) practical help/support receive care from paid workers support also for Ann | The carers equal opportunities act 2004 (introduced 2005) gives carers a right to assessment of their needs, not just their caring role. needs for leisure, training, work and support they are entitled to |
Experiencing family care = hard work, demanding skill, restricting, isolated, emotionally draining, guilt provoking, trapped by sense of duty,obligation,frightening, rewarding | studies shoe care is hard work, emotionally intense, lonely (carers uk 2003,2005) carers UK +carers needs more support and to be recognized. |
What affects care relationship? the quality of the relationship, particularly before caring begins. How much choice people have in becoming a carer and how they manage the caring. the amount of external support received. | 70 percent of carers surveyed ( carers national association, 2001)said they had not been offered any choice but to carry on caring, they were not advised about services like home care, day centers. |
it is estimated that one-third of carers live in poverty, most carer give up there jobs. Extra costs adapting the home, extra heating.poverty = lack of choice. | to make a choice to care you need to... know that there are acceptable alternatives feel entitled to resist strong social pressures and be able to afford costs of making changes. |
Support carers get? Informal support, from families and friends. Formal support,from outside agencies. | A woman's role |
Angus had parkinsons disease affects one in 500 in the uk | become dependant on others feeling a burden fear not knowing how he will be affected day to day. isolation, not getting out to see people. lack of choice |
lack of info about alternatives, sense of duty means that family members do not feel like they have a choice about taking on the role of a carer | ? |
How many people are carers? The 2001 uk census 68%(3.56 million) provide care for up to 19 hours a week. 11%(0,57 million) provide care for 20-49 hours. 21% (1.9 million) provide care for over 50 hours | Who are the carers? The census in 2001 58% women 42% men |
175,000 young people under 18 are carers of whom 13,029 care for 50 hours or more a week ( based on office of population censuses and surveys, 2001) | What carers do ? 51% share a home providing personal care bathing washing 57% help with mobility getting in and out of bed. 225 give medicines 71%provide other help (based on the carers uk 2005) |
based on the carers uk 2005 70% care for over 65 year olds 38% care for parents 18% care for spouses or partners | (Source:based on carers UK, 2005 ) |
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