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Young carers in Australia : understanding the advantages and disadvantages of their care giving / Be...

Young carers in Australia : understanding the advantage...

Young carers in Australia : understanding the advantages and disadvantages of their care giving / Be...

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Young carers in Australia : understanding the advantages and disadvantages of their care giving / Bettina Cass ... [et al.].

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Full title

Young carers in Australia : understanding the advantages and disadvantages of their care giving / Bettina Cass ... [et al.].

Publisher

Canberra, ACT : Dept. of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, 2009.

Date

2009.

Call Numbers

Q361.99405/7

Record Identifier

74Vvy42mreab

MMS ID

991016233009702626

Language

English

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Physical Description

Physical content

xii, 117 p. ; 30 cm.

Contents

1. Introduction -- 2. Literature review and overview of the issues -- 3. Quantitative analysis: characteristics of identified and potential young carers in Australia -- 4. Qualitative analysis: focus groups with young carers -- 5. Qualitative analysis - focus groups with policy makers and service pr...

Publication information

Publisher

Canberra, ACT : Dept. of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, 2009.

Place of Publication

Australian Capital Territory

Date Published

2009.

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Scope and Contents

Summary

Young carers are children and young adults who have informal caring responsibilities for other people, usually family members who have a chronic illness, physical or mental disability. This report examines the impact of caring on young carers and the implications for policy development. The first section is a literature review of Australian, Britis...

Alternative Titles

Full title

Young carers in Australia : understanding the advantages and disadvantages of their care giving / Bettina Cass ... [et al.].

Notes

General note

Social policy research paper / Dept. of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, 1833-4369 ; no. 38.

Authors: Bettina Cass, Ciara Smyth, Trish Hill, Megan Blaxland, Myra Hamilton.

"undertaken by the Social Policy Research Centre for the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs."--P. vi.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 113-117)...

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Also available in PDF and HTML versions via the internet.

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Other version (online)

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Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

Q361.99405/7

Record Identifier

74Vvy42mreab

Permalink

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74Vvy42mreab

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ISBN

9781921647017

DDC

306.850994

MMS ID

991016233009702626

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