Informal Family Carers’ Need for State-Guaranteed Support. What are the Implications for Social Policy?

IF 0.4 Q4 SOCIOLOGY

Corvinus Journal of Sociology and Social Policy Pub Date : 2021-12-01 DOI:10.14267/cjssp.2021.2.3

L. Žalimienė, Jolita Junevičienė

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Abstract

The article uses an interpretive and qualitative framework to analyze elderly care policy with a focus on the instrumental effectiveness of this policy. The framework of the research offers an understanding of informal carers needs for formal support at the level of social policy measures. The micro-level inquiry, i.e., interviews with informal elderly carers, both revealing caregiver burden and evaluating their need for formal (social policy) support, is demonstrating how qualitative inquiry can inform about shortages of this policy. The findings of the research suggest that formal support for informal caregivers in Lithuania is not adequate to their multifaceted care burden and should be therefore developed to encompass both direct and indirect support measures for informal carers.

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非正式家庭照顾者对国家保障支持的需求。这对社会政策有何影响?

本文使用一个解释性和定性框架来分析老年人护理政策，重点是该政策的工具有效性。研究的框架提供了在社会政策措施层面上对正式支持的非正式照顾者需求的理解。微观层面的调查，即与非正式的老年照顾者的访谈，既揭示了照顾者的负担，又评估了他们对正式(社会政策)支持的需求，这表明定性调查如何能够了解这一政策的不足。研究结果表明，立陶宛对非正式照顾者的正式支持不足以满足其多方面的照顾负担，因此应发展为包括对非正式照顾者的直接和间接支持措施。

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Corvinus Journal of Sociology and Social Policy SOCIOLOGY-

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0.50

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24 weeks

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