Role of Carers - Twigg and Atkin (1991) Flashcards
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What are the 4 models for the role of carers?
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1) Carers as a resource
2) Carers as co workers
3) Carers as co clients
4) Superseded carers
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Who suggested 4 models for the role of carers?
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Twigg and Atkin (1991)
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Carers as a resource
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- Most common view
- It is the responsibility of the family to ensure adequate health care is provided for its members
- Little concern for wellbeing of carers who are only doing their duty
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Carers as Co-Worker
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- Aims to maintain and increase informal care
- Carers are given some support (domestic help, holidays, education and advice)
- Relatives become semi professionals
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Carer as Co-Client
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- Carer becomes indirect client and is thus a legitimate focus for support and services
- Client finds it easier to get support from services like the social care network and not the NHS.
- All members of family are treated as clients
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Superseded Carers
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- Looks at the future of the dependent person
- Tries to make them independent and less reliant on support
- Most appropriate for those that are dependent on their parents
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Objective Burden of Carers
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- Comprises the things that are externally observable and objectively quantifiable:
- Financial Problems
- Disruption to Household: loss of freedom and privacy, carer loses outside contact as constantly involved in caring
- Effects on carer: physical injury, social isolation, little support, psychiatric illness
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Subjective Burden of Carers
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- Difficult to measure objectively and to some extent it is how a carer feels about caring
- Carers main complaint is lack of support available
- Emotional impact may cause them to become anxious or depressed
- Person may resent their role and therefore the patient
- Loss of quality of life for carer
Informal care is regulated by social, cultural and context specific system of rights, duties and obligations - “moral minefield”
