The Carer's Role in Recovery
A Stroke of Misfortune
Published on 2. May 2025
Book
Hardback
107 pages
978-1-0364-4562-1 (ISBN)
Description
In 2020, at the height of the Covid epidemic in the UK, Karin Cox suffered a permanently disabling cerebral artery ischaemic stroke while she and her husband John were on holiday. She has been wheelchair- or bed-bound and dependent on full-time care ever since. Out of this experience has come this account of the authors' experiences of working with domestic carers and of the findings of their wider research into the world of care and the way carers are organised, managed and trained. The book will contribute to the current debate about the future of social care and the need for statutory career structures for carers. Above all they aim to highlight their belief that person-centred approaches, and the healing power of a successful carer/client relationship, are fundamental to recovery and to cost-effectiveness.
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Edition
Unabridged edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Newcastle upon Tyne
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Unabridged edition
Product notice
With dust jacket
Dimensions
Height: 212 mm
Width: 148 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-0364-4562-1 (9781036445621)
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01/2026
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Persons
John Cox is Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry at Keele University, UK, and former President of the Royal College of Psychiatrists. In 2002 he was elected Secretary General of the World Psychiatric Association. He worked as a Consultant Psychiatrist in Uganda, Edinburgh, and the Potteries. Internationally he is known for his research in Perinatal Mental Disorder, the development of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale, and his doctoral research in Uganda. John studied medicine at Oxford University, UK. Karin Cox worked as a Community Speech and Language Therapist. She studied Languages, Theology and Phonetics at Uppsala University, Sweden. Karin was coordinator for a Headway House for brain-damaged people, and worked as a Community Speech and Language Therapist in North Staffordshire. She recently published her book Diaries - Stories of a Swedish Traveller. Chris Newton, the editor of this book, is a former journalist and communications consultant with experience in the healthcare field, as well as a published author and professional editor.