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Underpinning this legislation is the principle that informal unpaid family carers are to be treated as 'key partners' in providing care. [citation needed] The other important policy introduced by this legislation which impacts upon carers is that of Free Personal and Nursing Care for Older People. This policy is unique to Scotland.
A caregiver, carer or support worker is a paid or unpaid person who helps an individual with activities of daily living. Caregivers who are members of a care recipient's family or social network, and who may have no specific professional training, are often described as informal caregivers.
A survey by AARP in 2010 states that "29% of the U.S. adult population, or 65.7 million people, are caregivers, including 31% of all households. These caregivers provide an average of 20 hours of care per week." [7] 1.4 million children ages 8 to 18 provide care for an adult relative; 72% are caring for a parent or grandparent.
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Similarly for older people it is women who face more time as an unpaid carer, according to the Office for National Statistics analysis. Teenage girls ‘face almost eight years of their future as ...
Caregivers are typically not trained. Caring is a serious challenge for them. An intensive adaptation to the care situation is necessary. [6] The caregiver burden can be based on a variety of aspects of the care situation (e.g. lack of recovery time, challenging behavior of the care requiring person, limitation of social activities and contacts).
Effective care for the sick allows people to remain productive and continue contributing to society. Care work is essential to well-being.Without care and nurturing, it is thought that children cannot develop into high-functioning individuals and will have difficulty as adults maintaining (or expanding) their well-being and productivity. [3]
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