Professor of Social Administration & Social WorkFlinders University of South AustraliaJournal of Social PolicyBarber, J. G. (2001) The slow demise of foster care in South Australia, Journal of Social Policy, 30(1), pp.1-15.Barber, J. G. (2001). The slow demise of foster care in South...
Presents an update on foster care in Australia as of March 2003. Problems surrounding the Victorian foster care system; Budget allocated by the Queensland State Government on foster carers in 2003; Program started by Anglicare aimed at reducing disruption for foster children in South Australia.年份...
In Oregon, adult foster care (AFC) homes, which are private residences where a live-in manager cares for one to five disabled residents, have been covered by Medicaid since 1981 and seem to offer a mainstream alternative to nursing homes. They house almost 6000 older people, two thirds of ...
“These centers often defer to the preference of biological parents to place the child in an institution rather than with a foster family, or seek to avoid time-consuming and often sensitive individual adoption or foster care arrangements.” “In Japan, the interests of the parents are seen as...
To compare the health-related quality of life (HRQL) of 326 children and adolescents aged 6-17 years living in home-based foster care in metropolitan Adelaide, South Australia with the HRQL of a random sample of 3,582 children aged 6-17 years living in the community in Australia. In both...
A qualitative storytelling study, informed by feminist perspectives, was used to conduct in-depth, semi-structured interviews with 20 women providing long-term foster care in Australia. Thematic analysis revealed these women characterised themselves as mothers, rather than paid carers, to the long-...
UNSW research shows Australia has much to learn from China's high quality, sustainable foster care system.
An exploration of the lived experiences of non-Aboriginal foster parents in providing care for children from remote First Nations communities There is research to support the existence of an over representation of Aboriginal children in the care of child and family services agencies in Manitoba. .....
Many children in South Africa are orphaned or subjected to maltreatment, leaving them in need of care and protection. Foster care is one form of alternative care for such children. Retention of foster parents, or foster care placement stability, is one of the many challenges related to foster ...
The Supreme Court of New South Wales, Australia has ruled that foster parents (authorised carers) have a statutory right to be heard in child care and protectiodoi:10.1097/00000441-199305000-00014BaoEr, DrSocial Science Electronic Publishing