Unpaid Care Policies in the UK

Rights, Resources and Relationships
1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-1-4473-6130-5
Verlag: Bristol University Press

Buch, Englisch, 178 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 259 g

This book examines policies on unpaid care throughout the UK since the 1990 NHS and Community Care Act. It questions why, after decades of policies and strategies, unpaid care remains in a marginal position in the social care system and in society more broadly, as demonstrated during the COVID-19 pandemic.

It provides critical analysis of key policies and professional practice over three decades and highlights the continuing challenges faced by people in caring relationships, as well as reflecting on developments in the position of unpaid carers in the system of social care.

By questioning why this crucially important sphere of human life remains under-resourced, it sheds light on the ways in which care is understood and how policy makers and service providers perceive the need for support.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lloyd, Liz

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik: Kranken-, Alten- und Behindertenhilfe
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Gesundheitssystem, Gesundheitswesen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction and background to unpaid care in the UK

2. Research and knowledge development on unpaid care in the UK

3. Policies to support unpaid carers

4. Policies into practice

5. Analysis of policies in context

6. The political and ethical dimensions of care

7. Conclusions

Über Autor(innen)

Lloyd, Liz
Liz Lloyd is Senior Research Fellow in the School for Policy Studies at University of Bristol and at the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) School for Social Care Research. She is also a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences.