Trends in Family Caring in Ireland in 2017: Review of Awareness, Self-Identification, Official Surveys and Income Supports
dc.contributor.author | Care Alliance Ireland | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-02-21T15:18:38Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-02-21T15:18:38Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2017-09 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10147/622805 | |
dc.description | The purpose of this paper, as with most of our publications, is to stimulate debate and critical thinking within the family carer, disability and wider health and social care sectors. In this paper we explore the interrelationships between family carer identification, family carer prevalence statistics and supports for family carers. We draw on recent quantitative data sources in an attempt to provide an objective analysis of family caring in Ireland in 2017. To provide a context for the analysis, we provide a brief summary of the family carer movement, both in Ireland and internationally. We explore the meaning of the terms ‘awareness’ and ‘identification’ used by some leading not-for-profit family carer organisations. The combination of reliable statistics and personal carer stories in securing media and political interest and state supports is considered. Published Irish statistics and international data are reviewed, and some plausible reasons for the large discrepancy in family carer numbers reported in different studies are suggested. We review trends in state income supports, both absolute and relative, and the possible drivers of these changes. We also examine how policy changes in Ireland since 2000 may have impacted reported carer numbers. | en |
dc.publisher | Care Alliance Ireland | en |
dc.subject | CARERS | en |
dc.subject | STATISTICS | en |
dc.title | Trends in Family Caring in Ireland in 2017: Review of Awareness, Self-Identification, Official Surveys and Income Supports | en |
dc.type | Other | en |
dc.contributor.department | Care Alliance Ireland | en |
refterms.dateFOA | 2018-08-28T01:44:55Z |