Landscapes of Care: Comparative Perspectives on Family Caregiving

by Andrew Power

Book Overview

Given the increasing shift of care from state residential services to community-based support, this book examines the complex geographies of family caregiving for young adults with intellectual disabilities. It traces how family 'carers' are directly and indirectly affected by a broad array of law and policy, including family policy, disability legislation, and health and community care restructuring policy. Each of these has material and institutional...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138278610
• ISBN13: 9781138278615
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"