Family Matters article Jun 2008
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Family Matters article Jun 2008
Work and family responsibilities through life
This article provides a snapshot of paid employment and working hours through life, charting the way people juggle work and family responsibilities across their life stage transitions.
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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
Families' care work during the transition from school to post-school for children with severe disabilities
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Family Matters article Jun 2007
Disability and family carers
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Family Matters article Jun 2007
It's about time: Key findings from the women, men, work and family project
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Family Matters article Jun 2007
"Basically it's a recognition issue"
This article suggests that while financial assistance and ongoing training are important resources provided to foster carers in Australia, there is also a need for other forms of recognition in the lives of foster carers.
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Family Matters article Jun 2007
Grandparents raising grandchildren because of alcohol and other drug issues
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Family Matters article Jun 2007
Grandparent-headed families in Australia
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Family Matters article Feb 2007
Mothers' accounts of work and family decision-making in couple families
FAMILY MATTERS NO. 75 - Explores the way partnered mothers talk about how decisions concerning parenting and paid work were made in their families