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Just published and
available as a free download:
Manual for Measures of Caring Activities and Outcomes for
Children and Young People
by Stephen
Joseph, Fiona Becker and Saul Becker, published by The Princess Royal Trust for
Carers
This practical
‘hands-on’ Manual is intended to provide researchers and
practitioners in the field of caring with relevant and accessible instruments
(or tools) for the assessment of caring activities and caring outcomes in
children and young people (‘young carers’). The tools can be used
on a one-off basis for the purpose of assessment, or pre- and post-intervention
to measure change and the impact of support. The instruments in this Manual
have been developed and tested with over 500 young carers so can be used with
confidence.
The Multidimensional Assessment of
Caring Activities (MACA-YC18) is
a questionnaire (an 18-item self-report measure) that can be used to provide an
index of the total amount of caring activity undertaken by the young person, as
well as six subscale scores for domestic tasks, household management, personal
care, emotional care, sibling care, and financial/practical care. The
Positive and Negative
Outcomes of Caring (PANOC-YC20) is
a questionnaire (20-item self-report measure) that can be used to provide an
index of positive and negative outcomes of caring. Additional resources include an extended version of the
MACA-YC18 (the MACA-YC42), and two short questionnaires: ‘What I like and dislike about
caring’, and
‘Me and my young
carers project’.
The Manual will be of
interest to professionals in the fields of health and social care (including
young carers workers, social workers, nurses, psychologists, psychiatrists,
youth workers) as well as those researching care-giving, and caring
organisations themselves.
Published by The Princess
Royal Trust for Carers in association with Young Carers International Research
and Evaluation, School of Sociology and Social Policy, The University of
Nottingham.
ISBN 13
9780853582533
Available to download for
free from The Princess Royal Trust for Carers website at: http://www.carers.org/professionals/young-carers/assessments,3063,PP.html
And for free from:
Professor Saul Becker
Head of School of Sociology and Social Policy
School
of Sociology and Social Policy | The
University of Nottingham | University
Park | Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK