Understanding the unmet support needs of young and young adult carers and their families

Brimblecombe, Nicola ORCID: 0000-0002-6147-5726, Stevens, Madeleine ORCID: 0000-0003-3540-3494, Gowen, Sara, Skyer, Robin and Moriarty, Jo (2024) Understanding the unmet support needs of young and young adult carers and their families. PLOS ONE, 19 (9). ISSN 1932-6203

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Abstract

Support for children and young people who provide unpaid care is important to help prevent negative impacts of caregiving on their education, employment, mental health, and social relationships. We aimed to address an evidence gap about what services and support are needed from young carers’ perspectives. We carried out focus groups or in-depth interviews with 133 carers aged 9–25 in England. Expressed unmet need for services and support could be grouped in three categories: support that would reduce or remove young people’s need to provide care, help improve the lives of the people they care for, mitigate against impacts of providing care on their mental health, wellbeing, education, social participation and leisure activities, and, whilst they are still providing care, assist them in their caring role. Action is needed to address these currently unmet needs and implement young carers’ and their families’ rights to support.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	© 2024 The Authors
Divisions:	Care Policy and Evaluation Centre
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman
Date Deposited:	14 Oct 2024 09:57
Last Modified:	12 Dec 2024 04:31
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/125709

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