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The national directory of young carers projects and initiatives
- Authors:
- DEARDEN Chris, BECKER Saul
- Publisher:
- Loughborough University. Young Carers Research Group
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 83p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Loughborough
Provides details of 37 projects nationwide providing services and support to young carers under the age of 18. Also provides information on the 45 steering groups which are in the process of developing new local services or projects for young carers.
Partners in caring: a briefing for professionals about young carers
- Authors:
- DEARDEN Chris, BECKER Saul, ALDRIDGE Jo
- Publisher:
- University of Loughborough. Department of Social Sciences/Carers National Associ
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 13p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Loughborough
An overview of what young carers do, and how professionals can support them.
Young carers and education
- Authors:
- DEARDEN Chris, BECKER Saul
- Publisher:
- Carers UK
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 23p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Common factors in all definitions of young carers are that they are children, i.e. under the age of 18 and therefore considered to be the dependants of adults; that they undertake significant caring tasks, i.e. tasks that are important; and that these tasks would usually be associated with and performed by adults. Thus, young carers are not children who happen to have an ill or disabled parent, sibling, grandparent or other relative, but are children who provide a significant, often inappropriate (for their age), level of care to that relative. Most children with disabled relatives will not be young carers because their families will have adequate support services from private, statutory and voluntary agencies and from other informal sources such as wider family members and friends.
Young carers' transitions to adulthood
- Authors:
- DEARDEN Chris, BECKER Saul
- Journal article citation:
- Childright, 167, June 2000, pp.8-10.
- Publisher:
- Children's Legal Centre
Reports on recent research by the Young Carers Research Group which examines the experiences of young people between the ages of 16-25 who were caring for parents with long-term illness or disability. The focus of this research was on the ways in which caring influenced transitions into adulthood. Areas investigated were family structure and the nature of parental illness/disability; education, training and employment; income and benefits; receipt of and experiences of services; housing, leaving home and family separations; and becoming an adult.
The needs and experiences of young carers in the UK
- Author:
- DEARDEN Chris
- Journal article citation:
- Childright, 148, July 1998, pp.15-16.
- Publisher:
- Children's Legal Centre
Reports on the key findings of the survey, 'Young Carers in the United Kingdom: a Profile', funded by the Calouste Gulbekian Foundation.
Unknown quantity
- Authors:
- BECKER Saul, DEARDEN Chris
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 7.5.98, 1998, pp.16-17.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Discusses how there are now about 100 young carers projects around the country, but the needs of many young carers are still unknown and unmet. This is because despite the introduction of the Carers (Recognition and Services) Act 1995, they are yet to be assessed.
Young carers in the United Kingdom: a profile
- Authors:
- DEARDEN Chris, BECKER Saul
- Publisher:
- Carers National Association
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 105p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Research study presenting a comprehensive profile of young carers in the UK. Looks at statistics on young carers and uses case studies and quotes from interviews with twenty-two young people to illustrate the issues involved. Concludes with a detailed discussion of the findings of the research and their implications for policy and practice.
Young carers and their families
- Authors:
- BECKER Saul, ALDRIDGE Jo, DEARDEN Chris
- Publisher:
- Blackwell
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 143p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Oxford
Includes chapters on: perceptions of young carers; policies and legal issues affecting young carers in Britain; supporting young carers and their families; a cross-national perspective on young carers (including Europe and Australia); and working together for young carers and their families.
Young carers in the UK: the 2004 report
- Authors:
- DEARDEN Chris, BECKER Saul
- Publisher:
- Carers UK
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 16p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The 2004 Report is based on data collected from 87 projects concerning a total of 6,178 young carers – the largest survey of its kind. 56% of the sample are girls, 44% are boys. The average age is 12. 84% of the sample is white; the largest minority group being African Caribbean. 56% of young carers are living in lone parent families. Two thirds of the young carers provide domestic help in the home; 48% provide general and nursing-type care; 82% provide emotional support and supervision; 18% provide intimate personal care and 11% also provide child care. The recognised incidence of emotional support has increased dramatically since 1997. Intimate care is most commonly provided where the person with care needs has a physical health problem or disability. Emotional support is far more common where the person has mental health problems. One in ten young carers is caring for more than one person. Overall, girls are more involved in all types of caring tasks, especially as they get older. The overall incidence of missed school and educational difficulties has reduced, decreasing between 1995 and 1997 and again between 1997 and 2003. However, 27% of all young carers of secondary school-age are experiencing some problems, and the equivalent proportion of young carers of primary school age is 13%. 18% of young carers have been assessed, an improvement on 1997. One third (36%) of young carers had been caring for 2 years or less; 44% for 3-5 years; 18% for 6-10 years and 3% for over 10 years. One fifth of young carers and their families receive no other support except for their contact with a specialist young carers project. Social Services support is the most common external service received.
What does it cost?
- Authors:
- BECKER Saul, DEARDEN Chris
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 15.6.00, 2000, p.27.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
A new study set out to explore how young people's experience of caring for ill or disabled family members affected their lives in the future. The authors explain their findings.