The effectiveness of paid services in supporting carers' employment in England

Pickard, L., King, D. ORCID: 0000-0002-2408-4558, Brimblecombe, N. ORCID: 0000-0002-6147-5726 and Knapp, M. ORCID: 0000-0003-1427-0215 (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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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
Official URL:	http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJourna...
Additional Information:	© 2015 Cambridge University Press
Divisions:	Social Policy Personal Social Services Research Unit LSE Health
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform
Date Deposited:	25 Feb 2015 15:25
Last Modified:	01 Apr 2024 08:23
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/61081

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