In the June 2024 report we provide a spotlight on one of our charity partners: Association for Real Change (ARC NI). The report gives a comprehensive overview of the services and support that ARC NI offer.
Read more >In the February 2024 report we provide a progress update for our partners. This includes an update on our recruitment efforts to date, and a new recruitment strategy, new dates for our peer mentoring programme, and a link to our newly published journal article.
Read more >Experiences of UK and Irish family carers of people with profound and multiple intellectual disabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic. M. A. Linden, R. Leonard, T. Forbes, M. Brown, L. Marsh, E. McCann, S. Todd, N. Hughes & M. Truesdale.
Read more >In the October 2023 report we provide an overview of where we are with the study, including current recruitment efforts, updates on our peer mentoring programme and some recently published papers.
Read more >Welcome to our first partners’ report of the 2nd phase of the Carers-ID study. These reports are intended to keep you up to date with progress and developments on the Carers-ID study.
Read more >In the February 2024 report we provide a progress update for our partners. This includes an update on our recruitment efforts to date, and a new recruitment strategy, new dates for our peer mentoring programme, and a link to our newly published journal article.
Read more >Recording of the Carers-ID End of Project Event on the 30th of January 10am to 12noon. Presentations include an overview of the Carers-ID project by Dr Mark Linden. Voluntary organisations' experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic, by Dr Trisha Forbes and family carers experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic by Dr Rachel Leonard.
Watch video >Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on family carers of those with profound and multiple intellectual disabilities: perspectives from UK and Irish Non-Governmental Organisations. M. A. Linden, T. Forbes, M. Brown, L. Marsh, M. Truesdale, E. McCann, S. Todd & N. Hughes
Read more >In the December 2022 report we provide a progress update for our partners. This includes an opportunity to get involved as a family carer mentor/mentee, a link to our newly published journal article and a save the date notice for our end of project event.
Read more >In the November 2022 report we provide a progress and future work update for our partners. This includes an outline of the Carers-ID support programme and an opportunity to get involved as a family carer mentor.
Read more >In the October 2022 report we showcase some of the work of two of our research team members, Dr Maria Truesdale and Prof Michael Brown. The report also provides a progress and future work update for our partners.
Read more >In the September 2022 report we showcase some of the amazing work of the All Wales Forum, our Welsh voluntary sector partner. The report also provides a progress and future work update for our partners.
Read more >In the August 2022 report we showcase some of the wonderful work of PAMIS, our Scottish voluntary sector partner, specifically the Imagination Toolkit. The report also provides a progress and future work update for our partners.
Read more >In the July 2022 report we feature an overview of a systematic review conducted by two of our team members, Prof Michael Brown and Dr Eddie McCann, which focuses on homelessness and intellectual disability. The report also provides a progress and future work update for our partners.
Read more >The June 2022 report provides you with an overview of research conducted by our project lead, Dr Mark Linden, and his work on young offenders with Traumatic Brain Injury. It also provides a progress and future work update for our partners.
Read more >In the May 2022 report we present the main themes and some sample quotations from focus groups with our voluntary sector partners. This work is currently being written up for publication.
Read more >The April 2022 report provides you with an overview of research conducted by one of our research team members, Dr Lynne Marsh, about her work focusing on fathers of children with intellectual disabilities. It also unveils our new Carers-ID website.
Read more >The purpose of these reports is to update you about how the Carers-ID research is progressing. The March 2022 report provides you with some headlines from our project’s systematic review, in addition to preliminary themes from focus group interviews with voluntary sector organisations.
Read more >Before you decide whether you want to take part in the Carers-ID project, it is important for you to understand why this research is being undertaken and what it will involve. The participant information sheet describes your potential involvement in further detail and should help answer any initial questions you might have about the research.
Watch video >The invitation letter describes our research about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on parents/carers of family members with profound and multiple learning disabilities.
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