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POLICIES FOR CARERS
Author(s) -
Rossiter Chris
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
australian journal on ageing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.63
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1741-6612
pISSN - 0726-4240
DOI - 10.1111/j.1741-6612.1985.tb00873.x
Subject(s) - negotiation , principal (computer security) , nursing , ideal (ethics) , public relations , medicine , political science , computer science , operating system , law
Negotiations on the future of the Home and Community Care Program provide an ideal opportunity to implement policies aimed at assisting those caring for frail and confused elderly people. The principal source of community care is, in fact, informal care by families and this article describes the experiences of a group of caring families. It then pro‐poses a range of services, benefits and other means of alleviating some problems of home‐based care. It is emphasised that the reorganisation of community care services under HACC must recognise carers' needs.