Labours of Love: The Crisis of Care

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The views expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the Women’s Budget Group. Massive profits have been made from outsourced ‘care homes’, yet the resulting provision often affords little security for either their underpaid, overworked, untrained carers, or their care recipients. She meant it as a warning in the face of “a crisis of unprecedented proportions” in the provision of health and social care across the UK.

Finally, there is a selection of book reviews such as Branko Milanovic's review of Equality: The History of an Elusive Idea by Darrin M. At the moment, we’re fighting a running battle because when a child goes into residential care, your benefits go into chaos… I now have to fill out a form every six weeks to account for the dates he was home, and then they recalculate the benefits.However I was particularly struck with the experiences of carers - both professional carers and people who've cared for loved ones - and the rewards they find in it. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.

Within the current climate the book provides an answer to those questioning how we reached this point and what political and cultural shifts are required to repair our starved care systems. Remarkables REMARKABLES Intriguing, stunning, or otherwise remarkable books These include fine editions, foreign publications exceptional for their interest or production, special editions and some first-rate books from very small publishers.She is the author of many non-fiction books, including The Plot: A Biography of My Father's English Acre, which won the Portico Prize, and Love of Country: A Hebridean Journey, which was shortlisted for the Wainwright Golden Beer Book Prize and the Saltire Non-Fiction Book of the Year. For centuries the caring labours of women have been taken for granted, but with more women now in work, with increasing numbers of elderly and with austerity dismantling the welfare state, care is under pressure as never before. The hollowing out of care systems by austerity policies make them ill-equipped to deal with recipient needs, leaving families and care professionals distressed and the humanity of care recipients unrecognised. Bunting does focus on these issues but she also delves into broader issues such as the very nature of care, how it is a challenge to capitalist values, and how doctors and others deliver care.