Outputs

Outputs from the EUROCARE project.

Journal publications

  1. Lacey R, Xue B, Di Gessa G, Lu W, McMunn A. (2023) Mental and physical health effects of transitions into unpaid caregiving: A longitudinal propensity score analysis. The Lancet Public Health.
  2. King M, Xue B, Lacey R, Di Gessa G, Wahrendorf M, McMunn A, Deindl C. (2023) Does young adulthood caring influence educational attainment and employment in the UK and Germany. Journal of Social Policy.
  3. Xue B, Lacey R, Di Gessa G, McMunn A. (2023) Does providing informal care in young adulthood impact educational attainment and employment in the UK? Advances in Life Course Research.
  4. Hansen T, Hynek K, McMunn A, Bang Nes R, Skirbekk V, Vollrath M, Methi F. (2023) Emerging costs of a “hidden” workforce: The longitudinal psychosocial effects of caregiving during the COVID-19 pandemic among Norwegian adults. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology
  5. Rentería E, Lozano M & Spijker J. (2023) The consequences of caring on health during early adulthood in Spain. Journal of Youth Studies.
  6. Price D & Di Gessa G. (2023) Mental health and self-rated health of older carers during the COVID-19 pandemic: evidence from England. Aging & Mental Health.
  7. Lacey, R., Di Gessa, G., Xue, B., & McMunn, A. (2023) Inequalities in associations between young adult caregiving and social relationships: Evidence from the UK Household Longitudinal Study. Journal of Adolescence
  8. Hynek K, Gotehus A, Methi F, Nes RB, Skirbekk V, Hansen T. (2023) Caregiving + Migrant Background = Double Jeopardy? Associations between Caregiving and Physical and Psychological Health According to Migrant Backgrounds in Norway. IJERPH.
  9. Abrahamsen SA, Grøtting MW. (2023) Formal care of the elderly and health outcomes among adult daughters. Health Econ.
  10. Xue B, King M, Deindl C, Lacey R, Di Gessa G, McMunn A. (2023) Do health and wellbeing change around the transition to informal caring in early adulthood? A longitudinal comparison between the UK and Germany. Journal of Adolescent Health, in press
  11. Di Gessa G, Xue B, Lacey R, McMunn A. (2022) Young adult carers in the UK – New evidence from the UK Household Longitudinal Study. IJERPH.
  12. Lacey R, Xue B, McMunn A.  (2022) Assessing the mental and physical health of young carers: A systematic Review. Lancet Public Health. 
  13. Hansen, T.; Kafková, M.P.; Katz, R.; Lowenstein, A.; Naim, S.; Pavlidis, G.; Villar, F.; Walsh, K.; Aartsen, M. (2021) Exclusion from Social Relations in Later Life: Micro- and Macro-Level Patterns and Correlations in a European Perspective. IJERPH.

Conference presentations

  1. McMunn A, Xue B, Di Gessa G, Lacey RE. Mental and physical health changes around transitions to sandwich care in the UK, LIVES International Conference, Lausanne, Switzerland, 9-10 Nov 2023.
  2. Deindl C, King M. Employment and family histories and informal caregiving in later life in Europe. LIVES International Conference, Lausanne, Switzerland, 9-10 Nov 2023.
  3. McMunn A, et al. The EUROCARE Project Symposium (x5 presentations): European Caregiving in Mid- and Later-Life. Society for Longitudinal and Lifecourse Studies Annual Conference, Munich, Germany, 10 Oct 2023.
  4. McMunn A, Xue B, Lacey R, Di Gessa G. Sandwich carers in the UK: Characteristics & associations with health. Society for Social Medicine & Population Health. Newcastle Upon Tyne, 6-9 Sept 2023.
  5. Lacey R, Xue B, Di Gessa G, Lu W, McMunn A. The mental and physical health effects of transitions into unpaid caregiving: A longitudinal propensity score analysis. Society for Social Medicine & Population Health. Newcastle Upon Tyne, 6-9 Sept 2023.
  6. McMunn A, Xue B, Di Gessa G, Lacey R. ‘The mental and physical health effects of providing sandwich care in the UK: A longitudinal, propensity score analysis in the UK Household Longitudinal Study.’ Transforming Care conferences, Sheffield, 26-28 June 2023.
  7. Lacey RE, Xue B, Di Gessa G, Lu W, McMunn A. ‘The mental and physical health effects of transitions into unpaid caregiving: A longitudinal propensity score analysis.’ Transforming Care conferences, Sheffield, 26-28 June 2023.
  8. Di Gessa, G & Deindl C. "Determinants of Informal Care Trajectories in England". Transforming Care Conference - Sheffield (UK), 26-28 June 2023
  9. Di Gessa, G & Deindl C. "Determinants of Informal Care Trajectories in England" - Gerontology Society of America Annual Meeting - Tampa, FL (USA), 8-12 Nov 2023.
  10. Xue B, Deindl C, Lacey RE. Symposium on young adult carers UK & Germany (x3 presentations). Understanding Society Scientific Conference, Colchester, 13th July 2023.
  11. Schaps V, Wahrendorf M. Association between location and type of care and mental health among informal caregivers - cross- and longitudinal analysis with SHARE. Joint annual conference of the German Society for Medical Sociology (DGMS) and German Society for Medical Psychology (DGMP). Gießen, Germany, 20-22 Sept 2023
  12. Deindl C & King M.  Pflege, Kinderbetreuung und Gesundheit im mittleren Lebensalter in Deutschland. Joint annual conference of the German Society for Medical Sociology (DGMS) and German Society for Medical Psychology (DGMP). Gießen, Germany, 20-22 Sep 2023
  13. Spijker J. & Deindl C. Symposium: Care, Wellbeing and Social Policy across the Life-Course in Europe. European Society on Family Relations conference. 14-16. Roskilde, Denmark, June 2023
  14. Damme M, Spijker J. The impact of union dissolution on providing and receiving care in mid-life in Europe. 20th Conference of the European Divorce Network. Brno, Czech Republic, 13-15 October 2022
  15. Damme M, Spijker J. The impact of providing care in mid-life on employment in Europe. SHARE User Conference. Bled, Slovenia, 5-7 October 2022
  16. McMunn A, et al. The EUROCARE young adult carer Symposium (x4 presentations). Society for Longitudinal and Lifecourse Studies Annual Conference, Ohio, USA, 23-25 Oct 2022
  17. Deindl C & King M.  Die Übernahme von Pflegeaufgaben in jungen Jahren und Gesundheit und Wohlbefinden. German Society for Medical Psychology (DGMP). Gießen, Germany, 6-9 Sep 2022
  18. Di Gessa G, Xue B, Lacey R, McMunn A. Young adult carers in the UK: New evidence from the UK Household  Longitudinal Study. British Society for Population Studies. Winchester, 5-7 Sept 2022
  19. Lacey RE, Xue B, Di Gessa G, McMunn A. Mental health around transitions to care. EPA Section of Epidemiology and Social Psychiatry. Cambridge, 8-10 Sept 2022
  20. Xue B, McMunn A, Lacey R, Di Gessa G. Does providing informal care in young adulthood impact educational attainment. Natcen Inequality and Education conference. London, 27 June 2022

Invited presentations

  1. Lacey R.  Research insights into young and young adult carers mental health. Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, online, 5 Dec 2023
  2. Lacey R.  &  Almeida P. Young adult carers in the UK. UCL Dept for Applied Health Research, online, 15 Nov 2023        
  3. Lacey R.  Young Carers Futures: improving life opportunities for young carers. Young Carers Alliance 1st national conference, Man City football club, 16 Oct 2023
  4. Xue B. Mental and Phsycial health changes around transtions into sandwich care in the UK. ICLS seminar, online, 13 Sep 2023
  5. McMunn A, Lacey R. Oral evidence. All-Party Parliamentary Group on Young Carers & Young Adult Carers, UK Parliament, 12 Sep 2023
  6. Xue B. Inequalities in informal caregiving over the adult life course in Europe- the EUROCARE project. University of Essex, 4 July 2023
  7. Xue B. Experiences of young adult carers Young Carers Alliance, online, 22 June 2023
  8. Lacey R.  Young adult carers in the UK. Lambeth & Southwark carers network, online, 28 April 2023
  9. McMunn A, Xue B, Lacey R. Eurocare findings to date. Carers Trust evidence seminar, online, 3 April 2023   
  10. McMunn A, Xue B, Lacey R, Di Gessa G. Carers Trust evidence and impact workshop, online, 16 March 2023
  11. Lacey R.  Young adult carers and education,  Young Carers Alliance, online, 9 March 2023
  12. Lacey R. The mental and physical health of young carers, Young Carers Alliance, online, 24 November 2022
  13. Lacey R, Xue B.  Health, education and employment outcomes of young adult carers in the UK, UCL Department of Epidemiology & Public health seminar, UCL, 11 July 2022
  14. Xue B. The consequences of providing care - A life course approach. Integrated Datasets in Europe for Ageing Research network, online, 19 May 2022
  15. Hansen T. Unpaid work among older adults: motivations, engagement and psychological effects. Conference for Norwegian senior council and Oslo city senior council, online, 17 March 2021

Policy Recommendations

  1. Eurocare findings featured heavily in a recent report to Parliament (Nov 2023) from the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Young and Young Adult Carers.
  2. Lacey R, McMunn A, Xue B, Di Gessa G. Invitation to give oral evidence to APPG on young adult carers, Sep 2023
  3. Lacey R, McMunn A, Xue B, Di Gessa G. Written submission to APPG for young and young adult carers inquiry, July 2023
  4. McMunn A, Lacey R, Di Gessa G, Xue B. Written submission to House of Lords Social Care Committee on unpaid carers "Area of Research Interest", July 2022
  5. Stakeholder Roundtable 2, 27 February 2023
  6. Stakeholder Roundtable 1, 9 February 2022
  7. Planned outputs: Policy Report and launch event, Project book proposal

Blogs/podcast/news

  1. UCL Eurocare team. “Why it’s time to care more about the UK’s young caregivers” Child of Our Time.
  2. UCL Eurocare team. “They care! We need to care about them” Child of Our Time.
  3. UCL Eurocare team. “Urgent need for action to support carers’ mental health” Child of Our Time.
  4. Ragnhild Bang Nes. Can you become sick from helping others? KLP podcast (KLP = public sector occupational pension scheme)
  5. Times Higher Education news. “Young carers ‘less likely to graduate from university’”