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Carers of Older People: a Study Based on the Response to the Carer Support Kit in NSW
Author(s) -
Ehrlich F.,
Poulos R.,
Poulos C.J.,
Draper B.
Publication year - 1995
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.1741-6612.1995.tb00734.x
Subject(s) - older people , telephone survey , government (linguistics) , aged care , nursing , medicine , telephone interview , psychology , gerontology , advertising , sociology , business , linguistics , philosophy , social science
This paper reports results of a telephone survey undertaken on the carers of older people who contacted the Carers' Association of NSW requesting the Carer Support Kit The survey covered a number of aspects of the caring experience, the strains this may impose and the range of disabilities of the care‐recipients, in addition to the demographic characteristics of the carers and their relationships to the recipients. Comparisons are made between carers of the ‘young’ old and carers of the ‘old’ old, and important differences highlighted and discussed. Despite many government initiatives to assist carers, many require further assistance.