A01=Kirsten Stalker
Author_Kirsten Stalker
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domestic
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lothian
social work
Product details
- ISBN 9781853020384
- Weight: 284g
- Dimensions: 140 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 01 Jan 1994
- Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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The provision of respite care within families is a relatively new development and the ad hoc nature of individual schemes has resulted in a great variation in their character; relatively little research has been carried out into the policy and practice of this important development in community care. 'Share the Care' examines: the different ways in which respite care schemes operate, focusing in particular on the Share-the-Care service in Lothian; the experience of parents of children with learning difficulties of using the scheme; respite carers: who joins the scheme and why, their perceptions of its rewards and dissatisfactions, and their experience of social work support; the less positive effects of separation upon the children themselves; families facing an extended wait for respite; families who withdraw from the scheme.
Dr Kirsten Stalker is a Reader in the Education Faculty at Strathclyde University. She has published widely in the field of social work.
