Mental health carers' experiences of an Australian Carer Peer Support program: Tailoring supports to carers' needs.
Carer Peer Support Workers (CPSWs) are people who have lived experience as carers/family members of persons with a mental illness, and are employed to provide support to other carers/family members. This qualitative study aimed to explore carers' experiences within a community‐based CPSW pilot progr...
| Publicado en: | Health & Social Care in the Community Vol. 27; no. 3; pp. 729 - 740 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
May2019
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