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Young, gifted, and caring: a project narrative of young carers, their mental health, and getting them involved in education, research and practice (2011)
Journal Article
them involved in education, research and practice. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 21, 12-19. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1447-0349.2011.00762.x

Young carers are a global phenomenon. The UK estimates it has in excess of 175 000 young carers, the onset of their caring role often occurring between 8 and 10 years of age. Of these, 17 000 are caring for a parent who has severe mental illness, a s... Read More about Young, gifted, and caring: a project narrative of young carers, their mental health, and getting them involved in education, research and practice.

An adult education : learning and understanding what young service users and carers really, really want in terms of their mental well being (2011)
Journal Article
Fallon, D., Warne, T., Mcandrew, S., & McLaughlin, H. (2011). An adult education : learning and understanding what young service users and carers really, really want in terms of their mental well being. Nurse Education Today, 32(2), 128-132. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2011.06.002

For the past decade nurse education has incorporated service user and carer perspectives into their programme and research agendas. Moving from rhetoric to the reality of embedding adult service user and carer knowledge into nurse education this pape... Read More about An adult education : learning and understanding what young service users and carers really, really want in terms of their mental well being.