Objectives To develop a typography of the characteristics of caregivers of community
dwelling people with dementia or memory loss who do not use services and empirically …

This review has considered the ways parents cope with the chronic strain and daily stressors
associated with caring for and bringing up a disabled child. The review has been structured …

The question 'what is citizenship?'is not an easy one to answer in any definitive way. This is
partly because it incorporates a number of different elements, reflecting two major political …

Cross-sectional evidence in the United States finds that informal caregivers have less
attachment to the labor force. The causal mechanism is unclear: do children who work less …

Care for the elderly, disabled and mentally-ill within and by the community forms a vital part
of current social policy. Martin Bulmer argues that this policy is inadequately thought out and …

Research and theory on 'dependency'and 'care-giving'have to date proceeded along largely
separate lines, with little sense that they are exploring and explaining different aspects of the …

Carers are the bedrock of community care, and yet our understanding of how they do and do
not fit into the care system is limited. Concern is often expressed about the need to support …

We introduce a conceptual framework with social relations as the main concept and the
structure and the function of social relations as subconcepts. The structure of social relations …

" A timely and welcome contribution to the research on loneliness and kindred phenomena."
Lars Andersson, International Journal of Ageing and Later Life, 2010. Developments to the …

In the twenty-first century, characterized by population aging, family fragmentation and the
entry of women into the paid workforce, caring has become a major public issue. This book …