Wages for Caring: Compensating Family Care of the Elderly

by Sharon Keigher, Nathan Linsk, Suzanne R. England

Wages for Caring examines policies and programs of compensation for family caregivers of the disabled elderly from a broad analytical perspective, weighing current policies of home care services against principles of access, equity, quality, and funding of long-term care. Linsk, Keigher, Simon-Rusinowitz, and England challenge widely held assumptions that currently hold the family responsible for care, and accept the government's role in...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 027593635X
• ISBN13: 9780275936358
• Release Date: June 1992
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"