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Improving Support To Carers: A Considered Response To Parker's Critical Review

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 November 2008

David Challis
Affiliation:
Assistant Director, Reader in Social Work and Social Care, Personal Social Services Research Unit, University of Kent, Canterbury, CT2 7NF, UK.
Bleddyn Davies
Affiliation:
Director, Professor of Social Policy, Personal Social Services Research Unit, University of Kent, Canterbury, CT2 7NF, UK.

Extract

Parker's review in the last issue has provided us with a number of questions concerning the relationship between case management services and the needs ofcarers (Parker, 1990a). Essentially, she makes three main points; the first is to question whether there is evidence that some case management services can improve outcomes for carers, the second is about experimental studies, and the third is to raise the question of the financial costs experienced by carers.

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Review Section
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1992

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