Family and informal Care

Questions on Care were asked in the Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey in 2004, 2006, 2010 and 2015.
Questions on Care were also included in the Grandparenting and Family module of the Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey in 2004.
Questions on Dementia were asked in the Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey in 2010.
Questions on Autism were asked in the Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey in 2012.
Questions on Social Care for Older People were asked in the Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey in 2010 and 2015.
Questions on Young Carers were asked of 16 year olds in the Young Life and Times Survey in 2007, 2010 and 2015.

ARK Resources

• The impact of caring (Research Update 109) by Paula Devine and Ann Marie Gray uses data from the 2015 Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey.
• An Ordinary Life? Caring in Northern Ireland Today (Research Update 75) by Helen Ferguson and Paula Devine uses data from the 2010 Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey.
• Young Carers Too by Paula Devine and Katrina Lloyd (Research Update 76) focuses on young carers, based on data from the 2010 Young Life and Times Survey.
• Exploring inequalities in the context of kinship care (Policy Brief 10) by Alexandra Chapman and Anna Tarrant is based on an ARK Ageing Programme workshop in 2017.
• Telecare solutions for older people and carers (Policy Brief 10) by Alexandra Chapman and Sue Yeandle is based on an ARK Ageing Programme workshop in 2015.
• Men as Carers (Men in Northern Ireland Report 7) by Paula Devine uses data from a range of surveys and official statistics
• Young Carers (Research Update 56) by Paula Devine and Katrina Lloyd, uses data from the 2007 Young Life and Times Survey.
• Who cares now? Changes in informal caring 1994 and 2006 (Research Update 51) by Eileen Evason, explores changes in informal care between 1994 and 2006, using data from the 2006 Life and Times Survey and the 1994 Northern Ireland Social Attitudes Survey.
• Who cares? (Research Update 27) by Eileen Evason is based on data from the Northern Ireland Household Panel Survey

Links

• Carers Northern Ireland is a membership organisation run by carers, for carers across the whole of Northern Ireland. The website includes reports on research, policy and practice.
• Crossroads Caring for Carers provides respite care for carers, carers provide care for an elderly, frail, ill or disabled friend or relative.
• The Patient Client Council produced a report on young carers in Northern Ireland, based on data from the 2010 Young Life and Times Survey.

Maintained by Paula Devine