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

Working with Older People

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 117-124

  Manthorpe, Jill ^a   Moriarty, Jo ^a   Cornes, Michelle ^a   Hussein, Shereen ^a   Lombard, Daniel ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Independent Consultant at London ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carers; Carers registers; Carers services; Local authorities; Online information

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883370894     PISSN: 13663666     EISSN: 20428790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/WWOP-04-2013-0007     Document Type: Article

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