First published in 1986, this study explores the increased public concern with policies of community care and their effects on informal carers, at that time. It looks at the widespread evidence that one particular group of informal carers- parents looking after their severely disabled child- lack information, advice and a co-ordinated pattern of supporting services. The author, who carried out research on disabled children and their families for a number of years, describes in detail a low-cost experimental project in which specialist social workers set out to remedy these shortcomings....
First published in 1986, this study explores the increased public concern with policies of community care and their effects on informal carers, at ...
