Looking after relatives: The Careum School of Health is researching this socially relevant topic. What support do those looking after relatives need? How do people balance looking after relatives and paid work? And how can people grow old in their familiar environment, perhaps even up to end of life?
The "work & care" programme deals with the reconciliation of paid employment with private care work involving support for relatives who are ill, disabled or elderly.
Caregiving relatives are an indispensable part of care provision. However, there is little awareness of the fact that children, adolescents and young adults are also involved in providing care and support.
The emphasis here is on enabling people to live in private homes rather than special accommodation and on involving all providers of support in a co-productive way.
The research projects range from externally funded research to contract research and service projects.
The Kalaidos University of Applied Sciences decided in 2009 to establish an Institutional Review Board, IRB.
Introducing the members of the research team
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