Worries and problems of young carers: issues for mental health

Cree, Viviene E.

doi:10.1046/j.1365-2206.2003.00292.x

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“…In this case, emotional support is present in the form of the daughter being available for her mother when the latter is feeling depressed or feeling like using drugs. The daughter's expression of her desire for time on her own is consistent with reported negative effects of young caring, as many young carers report a lack of time to themselves (Cree, 2003).…”

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How Care Is Negotiated Between a Young Carer and a Parent Experiencing Mental Illness and Addiction

Aeyelts

Marshall

Charles

et al. 2016

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This study explores the negotiation of care between a young carer and her parent experiencing mental illness and addiction. The bulk of research on young carers explores children's caring work and the associated risks for carrying out caring work. Usually overlooked are the highly complex relationships between disabled or ill parents and their children who care for them. Using contextual action theory to frame this case study, we examine how a young carer and her mother negotiated care across a period of several months.

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How Care Is Negotiated Between a Young Carer and a Parent Experiencing Mental Illness and Addiction

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Marshall

Charles

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“…33,34 Our study confirmed that most were employed, half of them were receiving high incomes and less than 10% earned under $20,000 per annum. This profile suggests there may be two distinctive groups of young caregivers in the community: those providing long-term care to parents with chronic illness and those we have identified, who may be assisting the family in caring, for a shorter time, for an older or elderly relative with a terminal illness.…”

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Young Caregivers in the End-of-Life Setting: A Population-Based Profile of an Emerging Group

Burns

LeBlanc²,

Abernethy³

et al. 2010

Journal of Palliative Medicine

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Purpose: Little is known about young caregivers of people with advanced life-limiting illness. Better understanding of the needs and characteristics of these young caregivers can inform development of palliative care and other support services. Methods: A population-based analysis of caregivers was performed from piloted questions included in the 2001-2007 face-to-face annual health surveys of 23,706 South Australians on the death of a loved one, caregiving provided, and characteristics of the deceased individual and caregiver. The survey was representative of the population by age, gender, and region of residence. Findings: Most active care was provided by older, close family members, but large numbers of young people (ages 15-29) also provided assistance to individuals with advanced life-limiting illness. They comprised 14.4% of those undertaking ''hands-on'' care on a daily or intermittent basis, whom we grouped together as active caregivers. Almost as many young males as females participate in active caregiving (men represent 46%); most provide care while being employed, including 38% who work full-time. Over half of those engaged in hands-on care indicated the experience to be worse or much worse than expected, with young people more frequently reporting dissatisfaction thereof. Young caregivers also exhibited an increased perception of the need for assistance with grief. Conclusion: Young people can be integral to end-of-life care, and represent a significant cohort of active caregivers with unique needs and experiences. They may have a more negative experience as caregivers, and increased needs for grief counseling services compared to other age cohorts of caregivers.

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“…Cree (2003) included those aged 5-25 years, whereas the UK Department of Health (DoH, 1999) considered only those aged under 18 as young carers. Young adult carers may be differentiated from young carers in general, a broader category which includes children and adolescents.…”

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‘The sooner you can change their life course the better’: the time-framing of risks in relationship to being a young carer

Heyman

2013

Health, Risk & Society

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In this article, we compare accounts given by young carers and specialist support workers about the riskiness of becoming a carer relatively early in life. We argue that since the mid1990s the policy response has problematised the comparatively early adoption of a caring role as a risk factor for future personal development. This temporal issue has become societally organised around concern about NEETs (young adults not in education, employment or training). Such concern is predicated on cultural assumptions, now being undermined in response to economic crisis, about the existence of a critical age for transition to adulthood, successful navigation of which requires a time-limited period of personal freedom. Our findings suggest that, whereas support workers mostly see young caring in terms of risks to future prospects, young carers themselves identify not only current stresses, but also personal gains, from their experiences. Instead of categorising the timing of their caring as a source of risk, young carer respondents questioned service shortcomings which they felt made it harder for them to cope in the present, particularly inadequate social service support for relatives with disabilities and insensitivities in the education system. They did not see service providers as helping them to manage their futures. We locate this tension in risk social science debates about individualisation (Beck and Beck-Gernsheim, 2002;Beck, 1992;Giddens, 1991); transition to adulthood in late modern society (Roberts, 2012;Roberts, 2007; Wyn and Woodman, 2007)

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Worries and problems of young carers: issues for mental health

Cited by 129 publications

References 11 publications

How Care Is Negotiated Between a Young Carer and a Parent Experiencing Mental Illness and Addiction

How Care Is Negotiated Between a Young Carer and a Parent Experiencing Mental Illness and Addiction

Young Caregivers in the End-of-Life Setting: A Population-Based Profile of an Emerging Group

‘The sooner you can change their life course the better’: the time-framing of risks in relationship to being a young carer

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