Family Matters article Sep 1998
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Family Matters article Jun 2009
A contribution to research and development in the carer support sector
This paper summarises the findings of a project to review the literature on effective caring that was carried out as part of a larger body of work by one research centre working in the area of carer needs assessment.
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Family Matters article Jun 2007
The Families Caring for a Person with a Disability Study and the social lives of carers
This article introduces the 'Families Caring for a Person with a Disability Study', a collaborative project between the Australian Institute of Family Studies and the Australian Government Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, describing its aims and methodology, and presents initial findings on the social lives of carers.
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Family Matters article Jun 2007
Crisis or commotion? An objective look at evidence on caregiving in families
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Family Matters article Jun 2007
Caring for carers: The financial strain of caring
This article outlines the views of Carers Australia, a peak representative body, on policies and incentives to improve the financial status and labour force choices of carers.
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Family Matters article Jun 2007
Disability and family carers
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Family Matters article Oct 2006
Parents of adults with an intellectual disability
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Family Matters article Mar 2005
Caring for children and adults
This paper presents evidence on the use of flexible work arrangements to provide adult care and how this compares to the use by those caring for children.
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Family Matters article Jun 1997
The next generation
The author reports on what happens to the children of Australia's growing non-English speaking migrant population that has been particularly disadvantaged in terms of access to information and participation in the broader community.
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Family Matters article Aug 1994
Youth and ethnicity
This article considers problems of definition, with particular focus on the way the identities of young people from non-English-speaking backgrounds were constructed during the period of assimilation and later under multiculturalism.