Abstract
Research demonstrates a significant number of carers identify obligation or lack of other alternatives as the reasons they undertake informal care. By utilizing critical discourse analysis, this research explores choice for informal caregivers in contemporary Australian social policy. Analysis demonstrates increasing shifts in policy toward choice in consumer-directed care, a feature absent for those who provide care. Familial care is a central pillar of Australian social policy, as it is in many liberal and conservative welfare regimes. Analysis reveals that these core social policies are fundamentally incongruent, with significant implications for individuals and social work practice.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 657-674 |
| Number of pages | 18 |
| Journal | Journal of Gerontological Social Work |
| Volume | 56 |
| Issue number | 8 |
| Early online date | Jul 2013 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Sep 2013 |
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Till Death Us Do Part? A Critical Analysis of Obligation and Choice for Spousal Caregivers. / Cash, Belinda; Hodgkin, Suzanne; Warburton, Jeni.
In: Journal of Gerontological Social Work, Vol. 56, No. 8, 09.2013, p. 657-674.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
TY - JOUR
T1 - Till Death Us Do Part? A Critical Analysis of Obligation and Choice for Spousal Caregivers
AU - Cash, Belinda
AU - Hodgkin, Suzanne
AU - Warburton, Jeni
PY - 2013/9
Y1 - 2013/9
N2 - Research demonstrates a significant number of carers identify obligation or lack of other alternatives as the reasons they undertake informal care. By utilizing critical discourse analysis, this research explores choice for informal caregivers in contemporary Australian social policy. Analysis demonstrates increasing shifts in policy toward choice in consumer-directed care, a feature absent for those who provide care. Familial care is a central pillar of Australian social policy, as it is in many liberal and conservative welfare regimes. Analysis reveals that these core social policies are fundamentally incongruent, with significant implications for individuals and social work practice.
AB - Research demonstrates a significant number of carers identify obligation or lack of other alternatives as the reasons they undertake informal care. By utilizing critical discourse analysis, this research explores choice for informal caregivers in contemporary Australian social policy. Analysis demonstrates increasing shifts in policy toward choice in consumer-directed care, a feature absent for those who provide care. Familial care is a central pillar of Australian social policy, as it is in many liberal and conservative welfare regimes. Analysis reveals that these core social policies are fundamentally incongruent, with significant implications for individuals and social work practice.
KW - aging
KW - caregiver
KW - choice
KW - critical discourse analysis
KW - informal care
KW - social policy
KW - spousal care
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U2 - 10.1080/01634372.2013.823472
DO - 10.1080/01634372.2013.823472
M3 - Article
VL - 56
SP - 657
EP - 674
JO - Journal of Gerontological Social Work
JF - Journal of Gerontological Social Work
SN - 0163-4372
IS - 8
ER -