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On-line information and registration with services: patterns of support for carers in England

Manthorpe, Jill, Moriarty, Joanna, Cornes, Michelle, Hussein, Shereen, Lombard, Daniel (2013) On-line information and registration with services: patterns of support for carers in England. Working with Older People, 17 (3). pp. 117-124. ISSN 1366-3666. (doi:10.1108/WWOP-04-2013-0007) (Access to this publication is currently restricted. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:68340)

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Abstract

Purpose – The paper aims to ascertain how local authorities and other services are responding to central

government strategies to make support for family carers a priority.

Design/methodology/approach – A web-based audit of local authority public information for carers was

undertaken (n¼50). The sample covered different parts of England and different local authority types.

Findings – A small minority of local authority web sites mention that they operated Carers’ Registers.

Overall local authorities offer different resources to carers, ranging from discounts in the local area to access

to emergency card registration. Some use online information as a communication channel. Overall local

authority online information for carers seems to be variable in quality, accessibility and purpose. We

conclude that growth in the collection of information by primary care services in England risks duplicating

some of the functions of, and problems with, local authority activities. Local commissioning should

minimise confusion and make optimal use of carers’ information. Carers should not have to navigate

confusing, variable, parallel systems and outreach is needed for those who do not use electronic media,

such as some older carers.

Research limitations/implications – This was a small-scale study nested within a larger project. It is

possible that the web sites we interrogated were atypical, although we did take steps to prevent this.

Originality/value – The study’s strength lies in its originality of approach undertaking a specific audit

of material that is publicly available

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1108/WWOP-04-2013-0007
Additional information: Unmapped bibliographic data: M3 - Article [Field not mapped to EPrints] U2 - 10.1108/WWOP-04-2013-0007 [Field not mapped to EPrints] JO - Working with Older People [Field not mapped to EPrints]
Uncontrolled keywords: Carers, Carers registers, Carers services, Online information, Local authorities
Subjects: H Social Sciences
Divisions: Divisions > Division for the Study of Law, Society and Social Justice > School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research
Divisions > Division for the Study of Law, Society and Social Justice > School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research > Personal Social Services Research Unit
Depositing User: Shereen Hussein
Date Deposited: 13 Nov 2018 11:49 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Feb 2021 13:56 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/68340 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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