7 REFERENCES AND USEFUL LINKS
Blackwell's Encyclopaedia of Social Work
Care 21 (2006) The Future of Unpaid Care in Scotland. Headline Report and Recommendations. Edinburgh, the Scottish Executive
Carers UK (2008) Carers in Crisis: A Survey of Carers' Finances in 2008. London, Carers UK
Clark, D. McKeon, A. Sutton, M. Wood, R. (2004) Healthy Life Expectancy in Scotland. On behalf of the HLE Measurement in Scotland Steering Group. March 2004
Department of Work & Pensions (2008) Carers Allowance figures. Accessed at
http://research.dwp.gov.uk/asd/tabtool.asp
General Registers Office for Scotland (2007) Projected Population of Scotland. Accessed at:
http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/files1/stats/projected-population-of-scotland-2006-based/j896100.htm
General Registers Office for Scotland (2008) Household Projections for Scotland 2006-based. Accessed at:
http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/files2/stats/household-projections/gros-household-projections-for-scotland-2006-based.pdf
Scottish Executive (2003) Community Care and Health (Scotland) Act 2002 Guidance on Sections 8-12: Carers. Edinburgh, the Scottish Executive
Scottish Executive (No Date) Joint Performance Information And Assessment Framework - JPIAF 6. Accessed at:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/1095/0014714.pdf
Scottish Executive (2006) Scottish Executive Response to Care 21 Report: The Future of Unpaid Care in Scotland. Edinburgh; the Scottish Executive
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2006/02/28094157/0
Scottish Executive (1999) Strategy for Carers in Scotland. Accessed at:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Health/care/Strategy/Carer
Scottish Government (2007) Concordat Between the Scottish Government and Local Government. Accessed at:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2007/11/13092240/concordat
Scottish Government (2007) National Minimum Information Standards for all Adults in Scotland for Assessment, Shared Care and Support Plan, Review and Carers Assessment and Support - Consultation on the Compendium of Standards. Accessed at:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2007/12/13130738/8
Scottish Government (2008) The Scottish Household Survey. Accessed at:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/16002/PublicationAnnual
Scottish Government (2009) The Scottish Health Survey. Accessed at:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Health/scottish-health-survey
Scottish Government (2009) Respite care services provided or purchased by Local Authorities in Scotland. Accessed at:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2010/02/22113516/0
Social Work Inspection Agency (no date) Statistical Data from SWIA Performance Inspections. Accessed at:
http://www.swia.gov.uk/swia/591.147.html
Useful Links
National data sources
Caring and carer organisations and voluntary bodies
Different non-governmental and voluntary sector support Scotland's carers in their caring role and provide information, data and research on Scotland's carers. A thorough overview of all of this material is beyond the scope of this report, which is primarily about collecting in one place the different sources of official data on unpaid carers.
Some of these NGO/voluntary bodies are listed below. Though please note this is not an exhaustive list:
Princess Royal Trust for Carers
http://www.carers.org
Shared Care Scotland
http://www.sharedcarescotland.com/
Crossroads Caring in Scotland
http://www.crossroads-scotland.co.uk/
Carers Scotland
http://www.carerscotland.org/Home
Coalition of Carers in Scotland
http://www.carersnet.org/
Scottish Young Carers Service Alliance
http://www.youngcarers.net/
VOCAL
http://www.vocal.org.uk/
MECOPP
http://www.mecopp.org.uk/
Alzheimers Scotland
http://www.alzscot.org/
Children 1 st
http://www.children1st.org.uk/
Barnardo's Scotland
http://www.barnardos.org.uk/scotland.htm
Academic Research and Contacts
Academic interest in carers is considerable and growing, with different university departments and academics taking an interest in different aspects of caring in society. It is not possible to provide an exhaustive list of all past and present research on carers and caring in UK universities. To find out about current academic work in this field, individual universities should be contacted. Some examples of recent/current research includes:
Loughborough University - Young Carers Research Group
http://www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/ss/centres/YCRG/
The Robert Gordon University - Carers Research Group
http://www.rgu.ac.uk/carers/general/page.cfm
University of Leicester - Leicestershire Young Carers Research
http://www2.le.ac.uk/departments/health-sciences/extranet/research-groups/nuffield/project_profiles/lycr.html/?searchterm=carers
The University of Bradford - Research on Men as Carers
http://www.brad.ac.uk/acad/ssh/research/rumm/men_as_carers.php
The University of York Social Policy Research Unit - Research on Carers
http://www.york.ac.uk/inst/spru/research/bysub/carers.html