Abstract
Caregiving has become an issue of universal importance in the past few years. Carers, particularly those who provide help in the community did not receive much attention untti! quite recently. The phenomena of caregiving has received more attention from policy makers and researchers for the reasons, such as political, financial factors, demographic changes and the feminist movement. Demographic changes, such a the increased number of dependent people in the community due to medical f.,icivances that help prolong the life span of severely disabled and elderly people (Eisdorfer, 1991: Pere, iii et al, 1990), and the decreased number of potential carers due to changed employment pattern have made caregiving a topic of general, concern for researchers and policy makers. Another influence has come from the feminist movement+ which was concerned about the uneven burden placed on women as carers (Brown & Smith. 1989; Smith, 1991; Tvbigg, 1992; Parker, 1990), Furthermore, the WHO's (1 976) emphasis on the need to support elderly people in the community and Goverment policy which advocate the care for mentally handicapped and disabled people within their families have brought the topic of care to the forefront of research attention (Hirst, 1982; Parker. 1990; Twigg, 1992: Twigg, Atkins & Purring, 1990).
Rukhsana Kausar. (2000) Informal• Caregiving and Its Psychological Implications: A brief Review of Research , Journal of Research ( Humanities), Vol XXXIV, Issue 1 .
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