Caring for older people and employment. A review of literature prepared for the Audit Commission
- Författare
- Pickard, L.
- Titel
- Caring for older people and employment. A review of literature prepared for the Audit Commission
- Utgivningsår
- 2004
- Stad
- London
- Utgivare
- Audit Commission
- Sammanfattning
This literature review is concerned with caring for older people and employment, with
a particular focus on the public sector. The review has been commissioned from the
Personal Social Services Research Unit (PSSRU) by the Audit Commission.
At the request of the Audit Commission, the emphasis of the review is on two main
questions. First, there is the question of the extent to which mainstream services and
employers take into account the particular circumstances and needs of carers of older
people in their provision of services or employment practices. Second, there is the
question of the effectiveness or cost-effectiveness of carer-friendly services and
employment practices. The Audit Commission asked the researcher to consider
effectiveness and cost-effectiveness from the perspectives of the different interest
groups involved, that is, the carer, the employer, the person being cared for and the
public interest. The focus of the review is primarily on the role of public sector
employers in offering carer-friendly employment policie