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September 17, 2024 40 mins
In Episode 3 of the Caring Researchers Podcast from Care Alliance Ireland, host Zoe Hughes talks with Dr. Attracta Lafferty, from the UCD School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health Systems. In a wide-ranging conversation, hear about Attracta's journey to research, how she became interested in family carer research, her most recent (2024) project CareWell (on the topic of working carers) and the possibilities of smart home technology for family carers. 

Show Notes:  

UCD School of Nursing Midwifery & Health Systems - https://www.ucd.ie/nmhs/

Trinity Centre for People with Intellectual Disabilities (TCPID) (Formerly the National Institute for Intellectual Disability, TCD) - https://www.tcd.ie/tcpid/about/

TILDA\IDS TILDA- https://idstilda.tcd.ie/

Family Carers of Older People – Results of a National Survey of Stress, Conflict and Coping. Attracta Lafferty, Gerard Fealy, Carmel Downes, Jonathan Drennan (NCPOP/UCD) - https://www.carealliance.ie/userfiles/file/NCPOP_Family%20Carers%20of%20Older%20People%2092pg%20A4%20FINAL%20PREVIEW_4th%20June%202014.pdf

ENCARE - https://www.carealliance.ie/EnCaRe

Family Carers’ Experiences of Caring for a Person with Intellectual Disability Final Report. UCD/FCI/University of Ulster (2016)- https://familycarers.ie/media/1419/lafferty-et-al-family-carers-experiences-of-caring-for-a-person-with-intellectual-disability.pdf

Profiling Family Carers Of People With Dementia: Results From A National Survey (2016) Attracta Lafferty, Gerard Fealy, Áine Teahan, Eilish Mcauliffe, Amanda Phelan, Liam O'Sullivan, Diarmuid O'Shea., Age And Ageing, Volume 45, Issue Suppl_2, September 2016, Pages Ii13–Ii56, Https://Doi.Org/10.1093/Ageing/Afw159.151

CareWell Project - https://carewellproject.com/

"The Wheel Always Turns in Circles"- Report of the 'A Story to Tell' Lifestories project. - https://www.academia.edu/419662/_The_Wheel_Always_Turns_in_Circles_Report_of_the_A_Story_to_Tell_Lifestories_project

Health Research Board (HRB) - https://www.hrb.ie/

Caring Researchers, Episode 2: Family Carers Talking Research - https://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-2-family-carers-talking-research--60654119

Introduction to PPI Research - Dr. Jon Salsberg (University of Limerick) https://youtu.be/SqnvZ6f51Bc

PPI Ignite - https://ppinetwor

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