Block 1 - Care in Families

Are they a carer?
1. Over 35 hrs per week
2. Not earn more than £95 per week.
3. Caring for someone registered disabled
  1. Interdependance - In case of Ann and Angus: Angus provides home, Ann provides services and care for Angus...reciprocating care.
4. Be over 16 and not a registered student.
5. Case Study: Ann and Angus.
6. Meets Direct Gov's : ...someone who looks after a friend/ relative or neighbour who needs support because of illness, age or disability. Does not apply to professional care worker. (2006) Parker and Lawton 1994 - Performs personal serices (washing/toileting), physical labour, gives medicine, and/or keeps company..".
Caring for relative:
1. Positives for carer: Sense of accomplishment. - Loyalty - Knowing the person who you are caring for - Carer's allowance - Closeness and bonding - reciprocation.
2. Positives for person receiving care: Knowing the carer - loyalty and love less risk abuse - closeness.
3. Negatives for carer: Sense of duty - Loss of dignity - embarrassment for personal care - reduced social life - isolation - feeling trapped - feeling of being taken for granted - Injury - pressure from other family members - unable to pursue a career.
4. Negatives for the person receiving care: Loss of dignity - embarrassment at personal care - restricted access to the outside world - stress for family members could lead to a breakdown in the relationship.
  1. Case Study: Mrs Bliss p13, talks of strain of caring for relative.
K101 principles of care:
1. Maximising potential
2. Right to have a voice and be heard.
3. Respect for beliefs and preferences
4. Right to appropriate services.
5. Rights to privacy and confidentiality.
Technical terms:
1. Biomedical approach: traditional approach where doctor diagnoses what is medically wrong and then prescribes treatment.
2. Sick Role: Illness is not regarded as the person's fault - exempt from responsibility from normal activities - must see health professional and follow advice. Must also stop any other activities.
3. Assessment: process of determining needs. Care package: services that meet the needs identified in the assessment. Care manager: the person responsible for managing the care package, budgets, plans and organisations to deliver care. Care plan: record of what someone can expect. p121
4. Maslow's hierarchy of needs. State that as in the pyramid, the needs on a lower block must be met before moving to the next set of needs/wants. i.e. needs for air and water must be met before the need for shelter becomes a real issue. p205 (1990)
5. WHO definition of health p108 (1946). A carer is someone who provides care for more than 35 hrs per week.
6. Parker and Lawton 1994 - Identify what carers do - personal services, washing, physical labour, administer medicine, be company for.
7. Health care - free at point of delivery i.e. hospital care, inpatient.
8. Social care - is means tested.
Acts;
1. Carer's recognition Act 1995 - First to recognise carers.
2. Carer's Equal Opportunity act 2004 Allows carer's an assessment of their needs as well.
3. Townsend. 1950's Bethnal Green
Changing roles of family networks
1. 6m family carer's in UK
2. Families living further appart
3. 58% women carers. 42% men, but seen as a predominantly female role.

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