Care - A Family Affair - K101

What is care?
1. Care repairs, supports and maintains peoples physical, mental & emotional health & well-being
2. We all need care at different times in our lives
3. wellbeing = respecting spiritual needs, dignity & social needs
Care within families
1. Family care saves the government a lot of money
2. Unofficial carers are family/friends who care for someone who is ill or unable to manage
3. Important to identify carers to offer help &/or financial support
4. Can be difficult to identify carers - kept private, resistance to be labelled, hard to measure amount of care
Carers Allowance, £61.35 per week for 35+ hours care
Experiencing family care
1. Care relationships can be stressful
2. Caring is hard work & can impact on family life, careers & social life. It can be lonely.
3. A crisis may occur before people seek support
4. Relationship between carer and cared-for influenced by past & present lives
5. Sense of duty/no choice
6. Cared-for are vulnerable to abuse & ill-treatment, and vice versa
Examples - Ann, Angus

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	Created by Hazel Mayger over 9 years ago