Pickard, L., King, D., Brimblecombe, N. and Knapp, M. (2015) The effectiveness of paid services in supporting carers' employment in England. Journal of Social Policy, 44 (3). pp. 567-590. ISSN 0047-2794
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Abstract
This paper explores the effectiveness of paid services in supporting unpaid carers’ employment in England. There is currently a new emphasis in England on ‘replacement care’, or paid services for the cared-for person, as a means of supporting working carers. The international evidence on the effectiveness of paid services as a means of supporting carers’ employment is inconclusive and does not relate specifically to England. The study reported here explores this issue using the 2009/10 Personal Social Services Survey of Adult Carers in England. The study finds a positive association between carers’ employment and receipt of paid services by the cared-for person, controlling for covariates. It therefore gives support to the hypothesis that services for the cared-for person are effective in supporting carers’ employment. Use of home care and a personal assistant are associated on their own with the employment of both men and women carers, while use of day care and meals-on-wheels are associated specifically with women’s employment. Use of short-term breaks are associated with carers’ employment when combined with other services. The paper supports the emphasis in English social policy on paid services as a means of supporting working carers, but questions the use of the term ‘replacement care’ and the emphasis on ‘the market’.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Official URL: | http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJourna... |
| Additional Information: | © 2015 Cambridge University Press |
| Library of Congress subject classification: | H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform |
| Sets: | Departments > Social Policy Research centres and groups > LSE Health and Social Care Research centres and groups > Personal Social Services Research Unit (PSSRU) Research centres and groups > LSE Health Research centres and groups > NIHR School for Social Care Research |
| Date Deposited: | 25 Feb 2015 15:25 |
| URL: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/61081/ |
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