Caring Lives: What do young people with caring responsibilities for family members need to thrive?

我的博士研究了为什么照顾对不同的儿童和年轻人的影响取决于他们的个人生活。青年照顾者的研究侧重于那些由于责任重大而进入青年照顾者项目的人，我热衷于研究更广泛的年轻照顾者谱，以便更好地了解其积极和消极的影响：我的主要发现包括：-感觉自己的角色得到控制的年轻照顾者往往能够在教育和社交生活的同时管理他们的责任。对这种控制的威胁包括过度的责任、不稳定的角色和常规的医疗任务。-来自家庭成员、社区和服务机构的支持可以帮助对其角色控制较少的年轻照顾者。年轻照顾者和照顾者之间的关系尤其重要。-对所有年轻照顾者的研究对于理解可管理的责任和有问题的照顾之间的区别至关重要。与更广泛的群体合作还可以为满足整个群体的需要而分级的知情支持。-青年照顾者政策和提高认识目前反映了具有重大责任的年轻照顾者的少数。反映更广泛群体的政策和信息可以减少年轻照顾者及其家人的耻辱和隐私。我的奖学金将使我能够发表我的博士学位的多篇文章，并建立作为一名混合方法研究人员的记录。我的发现有可能影响政策和实践，除了向威尔士和更广泛的英国的关键团体发表演讲并与其会面外，我还将组织一次全国性的青年照顾者活动。此外，我将接受培训，并为进一步的年轻照顾者研究制定资金出价。

My PhD studied why the impacts of caring vary for different children and young people depending on their individual lives. Young carers research has focused on those who access young carer projects due to having substantial responsibilities, and I was keen to study the wider young carer spectrum, in order to better understand the positive and negative effects:My main findings included:- Young carers who feel in control of their roles are often able to manage their responsibilities alongside their education and social lives. Threats to this control include excessive responsibilities, unstable roles and regular medical tasks.- Support from family members, community and services can help young carers who have less control over their roles. The relationship between the young carer and the care receiver is particularly important.- Research with all young carers is vital to understanding the difference between manageable responsibilities and problematic care. Working with the wider spectrum can also informed support that is tiered to meet the needs of the whole group.- Young carer policy and awareness raising currently reflects the minority of young carers with substantial responsibilities. Policy and messaging that is reflective of the wider group can reduce stigma and privacy among young carers and their families.My fellowship will enable me to publish multiple articles from my PhD and to build a track record as a mixed methods researcher. My findings have the potential to affect policy and practice and I will organise a national young carers event, in addition to presenting to and meeting with key groups in Wales and the wider UK. In addition I will access training and develop funding bids for further young carers research.