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Paid care workers in the community: an Australian study
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Care, community and citizenship: Research and practice in a changing policy context. :211-226
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This chapter looks at issues of concern to those working in domiciliary care in Australia. As the Australian population continues to age, older people and their carers will need more formal support and care in their own homes. At present this work is done primarily by home care workers. Recent reports have expressed concern about the low wages paid to these workers, the lack of career structure, the lack of entry qualifications, the paucity of training opportunities, and the effect all of this could have on the recruitment of workers and the quality of care provided in the future. As care takes place in the privacy of people’s homes, hidden from the public gaze, we do not generally observe care workers going about their daily work. This chapter focuses on these paid care workers, and provides some insight into how they provide community care that aims to maintain and enhance community and social connectedness for the older people they are caring for.
This collection focuses on the relationship between social care, community, and citizenship, linking them in a way relevant to both policy and practice. It explores key concepts, policies, issues, and relationships, and draws on contrasting illustrations from England and Scotland. The authors examine the ethics of care, exploring the theoretical and moral complexities for both those receiving and those delivering it. The book also incorporates practice-based chapters on anti-social behaviour, domestic violence, community capacity to care, black and minority ethnic care, volunteering, befriending, and home care, and provides international comparisons and perspectives, with chapters from Sweden, Germany, and Japan.This collection focuses on the relationship between social care, community and citizenship, linking them in a way relevant to both policy and practice. It explores key concepts, policies, issues and relationships and draws on contrasting illustrations from England and Scotland. The authors examine the ethics of care exploring the theoretical and moral complexities for both those receiving and those delivering care. The book also incorporates practice-based chapters on anti-social behaviour, domestic violence, community capacity to care, black and minority ethnic care, volunteering, befriending and home care and provides international comparisons and perspectives with chapters from Sweden, Germany and Japan.This collection focuses on the relationship between social care, community and citizenship, linking them in a way relevant to both policy and practice.
This collection focuses on the relationship between social care, community, and citizenship, linking them in a way relevant to both policy and practice. It explores key concepts, policies, issues, and relationships, and draws on contrasting illustrations from England and Scotland. The authors examine the ethics of care, exploring the theoretical and moral complexities for both those receiving and those delivering it. The book also incorporates practice-based chapters on anti-social behaviour, domestic violence, community capacity to care, black and minority ethnic care, volunteering, befriending, and home care, and provides international comparisons and perspectives, with chapters from Sweden, Germany, and Japan.This collection focuses on the relationship between social care, community and citizenship, linking them in a way relevant to both policy and practice. It explores key concepts, policies, issues and relationships and draws on contrasting illustrations from England and Scotland. The authors examine the ethics of care exploring the theoretical and moral complexities for both those receiving and those delivering care. The book also incorporates practice-based chapters on anti-social behaviour, domestic violence, community capacity to care, black and minority ethnic care, volunteering, befriending and home care and provides international comparisons and perspectives with chapters from Sweden, Germany and Japan.This collection focuses on the relationship between social care, community and citizenship, linking them in a way relevant to both policy and practice.