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August 6, 2024 52 mins
On this episode our host Zoe Hughes talks to three family carers, all of whom are volunteers with the Care Alliance Ireland Online Family Carer Support Group, discussing key issues that they believe need to be researched. Topics include mapping of services, service gaps across age, disability and other sectors, and the impact of the menopause on caring. 

Guests – Lynn Ronan, Sinead Aylward, Tasha Quinn

Visit our website: www.carealliance.ie

Join the Online Family Carer Support Group

Reports and topics mentioned in the show

Intersectionality in informal care research: a scoping review
 
State of Caring 2024 (Family Carers Ireland)

Queer Caring


Domiciliary Care Allowance 

Disability Allowance 

Irish Menopause Group (Facebook) 

Oestrogens for urinary incontinence in women (2012)

Oestrogen therapy for urinary incontinence in post‐menopausal women (2012)

Local oestrogen: Underutilised and misunderstood (2020)

 
Menopause & caring: ‘Menopause symptoms worsen with caregiver burden’ (2023)
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