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Carer health and wellbeing

Physical health

Date Uploaded

11.2.2022

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Scoping review of family interventions that support the physical health of caregivers

28.11.2020

  • Author's Names

    Abner Weng Cheong Poon , Julia Lappin , Alyssa Cassidy , Jan Breckenridge

  • Suggested citation

    Poon, A. W. C., Lappin, J. M., Cassidy, A., & Breckenridge, J. (2021). Scoping Review of Family Interventions That Support the Physical Health of Caregivers. Research on Social Work Practice, 31(3), 234–243. https://doi.org/10.1177/1049731520974444

Long Summary

This article looks at the uses of family-based intervention in the context of the physical health of carers. Using literature review as their main method of research, the paper analyses the physical health outcomes associated with family interventions. Findings revealed that this component of family intervention lacks widespread use and needs to be considered more frequently.

    Key Messages for Carers

    - Provides information into how different methods of therapy can contribute to an improvement of physical health for carers
    - Encourages holistic approach to health for carers
    - Offers insight into effectiveness of family intervention to decrease mental health risks such as hospitalization

    Key Messages for Policy Makers

    - Provides evidence pertaining to the strengths and weaknesses of family-based interventions
    - Outlines the physical health outcomes for individual's participating in interventions in the mental health field
    - Provides analysis on a narrowly researched, unattended field of health

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