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.

在人口老龄化的情况下，在中年的非正式护理是一个关键政策重要性的问题。该领域以前的许多文献都绘制了英国不同年龄段的非正式护理规定的模式（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，例如其强度以及其护理人员和他们正在照顾的人之间的关系（Vlachantoni，2010年）。同时，使用定性方法的研究重点是了解护理人员的动机，以及他们对关怀活动对他们生活的影响的看法（Greenwood等，2016）。然而，迄今为止，几乎没有研究结合了来自定性和定量数据的数据，以便更深入地了解中年的关怀，以及护理人员对他们的生活历史，身份和社会参与的叙述之间的联系与人口统计学，健康和社会经济特征的范围，以及汽车活动本身的特定特征。拟议的项目旨在利用国家儿童发展研究，这是一项对1958年出生的人的队列研究，他们在50岁时接受了访谈。该研究将结合定性和定量方法，以研究中年生活中的护理人员如何理解社会参与，这种看法如何在不同强度（每周的小时数）和非加工者之间的看法之间有所不同；照顾者对社会参与的看法与他们的关键人口和社会经济特征之间的联系；在50岁时向父母或父母提供非正式护理，与护理人员生活课程（例如失业）期间的特定影响或转折点有关，以及以其他方式（例如性别和社会阶层）提供与护理人员身份相关的非正式护理。该项目的产出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人员的社会政策的未来设计。这一点尤其重要，因为在中年的关怀正在成为个人的更普遍的经历，并且需要并依靠社会政策来支持非正式护理人员的角色。此外，了解护理人物对看护人的情况，行为和资源的影响也至关重要，因为在这一部分生活课程中，经常将父母的中年照顾与其他角色或需求相结合，例如有偿工作，并成为父母或祖父母。该项目的调查结果将在整个研究的一生中与Carers UK共享，并以无障碍政策简介出版物的形式融入全党议会小组的辩论。这些发现还将在知识交流研讨会上与Ageuk合作，以及通过在国家和国际科学会议上的演讲以及通过讨论文件和同行评审的期刊文章进行传播。