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Sustainable care: theorising the wellbeing of caregivers to older persons

Norah Keating Orcid Logo, J. Allister McGregor, Sue Yeandle

International Journal of Care and Caring, Volume: 5, Issue: 4, Pages: 611 - 630

Swansea University Author: Norah Keating Orcid Logo

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Abstract

The term ‘care crisis’ is invoked to denote chronic system failures and bad outcomes for the people involved. We present a comprehensive wellbeing framework and illustrate its practicality with evidence of negative outcomes for those who provide care. We find evidence of substantial material and rel...

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Published in: International Journal of Care and Caring
ISSN: 2397-8821
Published: Bristol University Press 2021
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URI: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa58923
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Abstract: The term ‘care crisis’ is invoked to denote chronic system failures and bad outcomes for the people involved. We present a comprehensive wellbeing framework and illustrate its practicality with evidence of negative outcomes for those who provide care. We find evidence of substantial material and relational wellbeing failures for family carers and for care workers, while there has been little interest in carers’ views of their ability to live the life that they most value. Understanding and improving wellbeing outcomes for carers is an essential component of sustainable care, which requires the wellbeing of the different actors in care arrangements.
Keywords: care workers; family carers; wellbeing; wellbeing failures
College: Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences
Issue: 4
Start Page: 611
End Page: 630