Extending our understanding of informal care provision in mid-life in the UK by linking qualitative and quantitative data in the NCDS

通过链接 NCDS 中的定性和定量数据，扩展我们对英国中年非正式护理服务的理解

基本信息

批准号：
ES/P001947/1
负责人：
Athina Vlachantoni
金额：
$ 19.66万
依托单位：
University of Southampton
依托单位国家：
英国
项目类别：
Research Grant
财政年份：
2017
资助国家：
英国
起止时间：
2017 至无数据
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FP001947%2F1
关键词：
Extending our understanding informal care

项目摘要

The provision of informal care in mid-life is an issue of critical policy importance in the context of an ageing population. Much of the previous literature in this area has mapped the patterns of informal care provision across different age groups in the UK (Evandrou et al 2015; Pickard et al, 2000), and highlighted the importance of investigating the characteristics of informal care provision, such as its intensity and the relationship between the carer and the person they are caring for (Vlachantoni, 2010). At the same time, research using qualitative methods has focused on understanding the motivations of caregivers, and their own perspective on the impact that the caring activity has on their lives (Greenwood et al, 2016). However, to-date there has been little research combining data from qualitative and quantitative data in order to obtain a deeper understanding of caring in mid-life, and the links between carers' narratives about their life history, identity and perceptions about social participation with a range of demographic, health and socio-economic characteristics, as well as the particular features of the caring activity itself among carers. The proposed project aims to exploit the National Child Development Study, a cohort study of individuals born in 1958, who were interviewed at age 50. The study will combine qualitative and quantitative methods in order to investigate how carers in mid-life understand social participation, how such perceptions differ among carers of different intensity (number of hours per week) and among non-carers; the association between the carers' perceptions of social participation and their key demographic and socio-economic characteristics; the provision of informal care towards parents or parents-in-law at age 50 related to particular influences or turning points during the carers' life course (eg. unemployment) and the provision of informal care associated with carers' identity in other ways (eg. gender and social class). The project's output and analysis aims to contribute to the evidence base in the area of informal care provision in mid-life, and to the future design of social policies aimed at supporting informal carers. This is particularly important as caring in mid-life is becoming a more common experience for individuals, and social policies are needed and relied upon for supporting informal carers in their roles. In addition, understanding the impact of the caregiving role on the carer's circumstances, behaviour and resources, is also of paramount importance, as caregiving in mid-life for one's parents is often combined with other roles or demands during this part of the life course, such as paid work and being a parent or grandparent. The project's findings will be shared throughout the life of the research with Carers UK, and feed into debates of the All Party Parliamentary Group for Carers in the form of an accessible Policy Briefing publication. The findings will also be disseminated at a knowledge exchange workshop in collaboration with AgeUK, as well as through presentations at national and international scientific meetings, and through Discussion Papers and peer-reviewed journal articles.

在人口老龄化的背景下，提供中年非正式护理是一个具有重要政策意义的问题。该领域的许多先前文献绘制了英国不同年龄组的非正式护理提供模式（Evandrou 等，2015；Pickard 等，2000），并强调了调查非正式护理提供特征的重要性，例如其强度以及照顾者和他们所照顾的人之间的关系（Vlacantoni，2010）。与此同时，使用定性方法的研究重点是了解护理人员的动机，以及他们对护理活动对其生活影响的看法（Greenwood 等，2016）。然而，迄今为止，很少有研究将定性和定量数据相结合，以便更深入地了解中年护理，以及护理人员关于其生活史、身份和社会参与认知的叙述与中年护理之间的联系。一系列人口、健康和社会经济特征，以及护理人员护理活动本身的特点。拟议项目旨在利用国家儿童发展研究，这是一项对 1958 年出生的人进行的队列研究，这些人在 50 岁时接受了采访。该研究将结合定性和定量方法，以调查中年照顾者如何理解社会参与，不同强度（每周工作小时数）的护理人员和非护理人员之间的这种看法有何不同；照顾者对社会参与的看法与其主要人口和社会经济特征之间的关联；向 50 岁时的父母或公公婆婆提供的非正式照顾与照顾者生命历程中的特定影响或转折点（例如失业）有关，以及以其他方式提供与照顾者身份相关的非正式照顾（例如. 性别和社会阶层）。该项目的成果和分析旨在为中年非正式护理提供领域的证据基础以及旨在支持非正式护理者的社会政策的未来设计做出贡献。这一点尤其重要，因为中年护理正在成为个人更常见的经历，并且需要并依赖社会政策来支持非正式护理人员的角色。此外，了解照顾者角色对照顾者的环境、行为和资源的影响也至关重要，因为在中年时期对父母的照顾通常与生命历程中这一部分的其他角色或要求结合在一起，例如有偿工作和成为父母或祖父母。该项目的研究结果将在整个研究过程中与英国看护者分享，并以可访问的政策简报出版物的形式纳入全党议会看护者小组的辩论。研究结果还将在与 AgeUK 合作的知识交流研讨会上、通过在国内和国际科学会议上的演讲、讨论论文和同行评审的期刊文章来传播。