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Barriers to Receipt of Social Care Services for Working Carers and the People They Care For in Times of Austerity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 May 2017

NICOLA BRIMBLECOMBE ,
LINDA PICKARD ,
DEREK KING  and
MARTIN KNAPP
NICOLA BRIMBLECOMBE
Affiliation:
Personal Social Services Research Unit, Social Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science, Houghton Street, London, WC2A 2AE, UK email: n.s.brimblecombe@lse.ac.uk
LINDA PICKARD
Affiliation:
Personal Social Services Research Unit, Social Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science, Houghton Street, London, WC2A 2AE, UK email: l.m.pickard@lse.ac.uk
DEREK KING
Affiliation:
Personal Social Services Research Unit, Social Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science, Houghton Street, London, WC2A 2AE, UK email: d.king@lse.ac.uk
MARTIN KNAPP
Affiliation:
Personal Social Services Research Unit, Social Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science, Houghton Street, London, WC2A 2AE, UK email: m.knapp@lse.ac.uk
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Abstract

Reconciliation of unpaid care and employment is an increasingly important societal, economic and policy issue, both in the UK and internationally. Previous research shows the effectiveness of formal social care services in enabling carers to remain in employment. Using quantitative and qualitative data collected from carers and the person they care for in 2013 and 2015, during a period of cuts to adult social care in England, we explore barriers experienced to receipt of social care services. The main barriers to receipt of services identified in our study were availability, characteristics of services such as quality, and attitudes of carer and care-recipient to receiving services. These barriers have particular implications for carers' ability to reconcile care and employment.

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Journal of Social Policy , Volume 47 , Issue 2 , April 2018 , pp. 215 - 233
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2017 

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