Research Library
The Carer Knowledge Exchange Research Library is a collection of recent Australian publications and other resources that contain reliable research about family and friend carers. It is constantly being added to, and you can suggest research to be included here.
There are two main ways to use the Research Library. The first is to search using the fields below. The second is to browse by category lower down the page.
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The publications in this research library may contain references to sensitive issues and cause distress. If you or someone you are with is in immediate danger, please call 000. If you feel upset or are in distress, you can contact Lifeline, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week by phoning 13 11 14 or texting 0477 13 11 14. For other information on support for carers please visit our support for carers page.
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22.12.2016
The impact of caring on informal carers' employment, income and earnings
Michael Bittman, Trish Hill, Cathy Thomson
Noting the gradual shift from institutionalised forms of health and aged care into the home and community, this paper examines the effect on family and friend carers who are required to balance employment with emerging care responsibilities.
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15.12.2017
Perceived needs of carers of people with psychosis
Abner Weng Cheong Poon, Lynette Joubert, Carol Harvey
This article takes a deeper look at the needs of carers for people with psychosis based on a series of semi-structured interviews with 98 carers recruited in the Australian prevalence study of psychosis.
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3.9.2012
Some things change, some things stay the same
Afaf Girgis, Sylvie Lambert, Patrick McElduff, Billie Bonevski, Christophe Lecathelinais, Allison Boyes, Fiona Stacey
This publication provides longitudinal insight into the needs of cancer carergivers, finding that although many carers needs decreased over time, up to a third of carers surveyed still had unmet needs after 24 months.
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1.1.2016
The Longitudinal Study of Australian Children (LSAC) annual statistical report 2016
Diana Warren, Ben Edwards
This chapter aims to shed light on how many children provide care, how much time they spend caring, the type of care they provide, the impact of a household’s socio-economic circumstances on caring, and the impact of caring on a young person’s academic achievement.
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2.4.2015
A longitudinal study of the health and wellbeing of culturally and linguistically diverse caregivers of people with psychosis in Australia
Abner Weng Cheong Poon, Carol Harvey, Lynette Joubert
This article examines the experiences of CALD carers of people living with psychosis and the impact that role has on their life.
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21.12.2017
Predictors of long‐term distress in female partners of men diagnosed with prostate cancer
Melissa K. Hyde, Melissa Legg, Stefano Occhipinti, Stephen J. Lepore, Anna Ugalde, Leah Zajdlewicz, Kirstyn Laurie, Jeff Dunn, Suzanne K. Chambers
This study investigated the long term stress experienced by female carers of a partner with prostate cancer.
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20.6.2023
Informal caregiving provision for disabled or elderly in the families and work productivity
Syed Afroz Keramat, Rubayyat Hashmi, Bolaji Samson Aregbeshola, Tracy Comans
This article looks at the relationship between informal caregiving and productivity loss in Australia, and how informal caregivers' productivity at work is affected by their caregiving responsibilities.