The rise and rise of the international carers' movement

Publication Date	November 2006
Publisher	PatientView
Product Type	Executive Brief
Pages	44
ISBN Number	not applicable
Product Code	PTV00004

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Summary

The healthcare systems of virtually every nation are struggling to meet the demands placed upon them. Carers help these systems by functioning as low- or un-paid healthcare workers, yet society remains stubbornly unaware of carers' pivotal role. Policymakers often fail to incorporate them in healthcare decision-making; doctors object to including carers in discussions about the healthcare of the person under their care. The international carers' movement, however, has achieved major successes in its two-and-a-half-decade lifespan. The plight of carers is no longer unknown; today, it is in the media spotlight, and subsequently in the political domain. Many countries have assumed legal responsibilities to compensate and support the people who devote part (or all of their life) to caring for someone close to them. The movement has crossed the north-south divide, and is expanding into developing nations. As one carers' campaigner points out: "The whole subject of family care is going to explode".

Content

The Rise And Rise Of The Carers' Movement
- Out from the shadows
- Examples of national carers' groups worldwide
- Changing demographics
- On dementia
- A carers' crisis in India
- Costing the carers' phenomenon
- Dementia and carers
- Facilities that carers need
- Carers' rights in the UK
- Australia's potent carers' movement
- The 1991 Carers' Rights Charter proposed by Caring for Carers Ireland
- A rights-based carers' movement
- Eurofamcare's draft European Carers' Charter: nine carers' rights
- Conclusions
- In the USA
Four Organisations Give Their Views On The Carers' Movement
- Jean Georges: a view from Alzheimer Europe
- Liam O'Sullivan: a view from Care Alliance Ireland
K. R. Gangadharan: a view from the Heritage Hospital, Hyderabad
- Gail Hunt: a view from the International Alliance of Carers Organizations
Members' News On Carers
- An initiative on carer information in Scotland
- Northern Ireland carer group wins an award for its family-carer training programmes
Research On Carers: Coface Undertakes A Carers Project [Belgium]

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Scope	Expert Insight/Opinion
Level	Specific High-level Advice
Data	Broad Market Predictions
Features	Future Consumer Trends
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