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Barriers to receipt of social care services for working carers and the people they care for in times of austerity

Brimblecombe, Nicola ORCID: 0000-0002-6147-5726, Pickard, Linda, King, Derek ORCID: 0000-0002-2408-4558 and Knapp, Martin ORCID: 0000-0003-1427-0215 (2017) Barriers to receipt of social care services for working carers and the people they care for in times of austerity. Journal of Social Policy. ISSN 0047-2794

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Identification Number: 10.1017/S0047279417000277

Abstract

Reconciliation of unpaid care and employment is an increasingly important societal, economic and policy issue, both in the UK and internationally. Previous research shows the effectiveness of formal social care services in enabling carers to remain in employment. Using quantitative and qualitative data collected from carers and the person they care for in 2013 and 2015, during a period of cuts to adult social care in England, we explore barriers experienced to receipt of social care services. The main barriers to receipt of services identified in our study were availability, characteristics of services such as quality, and attitudes of carer and care-recipient to receiving services. These barriers have particular implications for carers' ability to reconcile care and employment.

Item Type: Article
Official URL: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of...
Additional Information: © 2017 Cambridge University Press
Divisions: Personal Social Services Research Unit
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HJ Public Finance
H Social Sciences > HM Sociology
R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine
Date Deposited: 24 Mar 2017 17:39
Last Modified: 26 Feb 2024 21:09
URI: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/70802

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