Putting Young Carers on the Map | Dr. Saul Becker at the 2022 Low-Beer Event

This is a recording of our live Low Beer Event in October 2022. A world leader on young carers’ research, policy, and practice, Saul Becker was the guest speaker at the 2022 Low-Beer Memorial Lecture. A young carer himself in his childhood, Saul pioneered this field and has worked with children and young adults with caring responsibilities for 30 years.
8:29 Overview of presentation
10:43 Defining young carers and young adult carers
12:14 The start of young carer research in 1992
13:53 Status of young carers now in the UK
16:08 Becker and Leu classification of countries’ awareness and response to young carers (2016)
18:33 Research findings on young carers
24:20 MACA findings for self-reported caring activities by children
27:20 What proportion of children are young carers? MACA survey of 2018
30:15 Who do young carers care for?
33:01 What young carers do
36:36 Hours per week children spend caregiving
39:06 Outcomes of young caregiving
42:28 Self-reported disabilities and difficulties of young carers
46:18 Transitions to adulthood
50:59 What do we know about young carers?
52:00 A continuum of young caregiving
53:53 What can we do to help young carers?
55:24 Next steps to help young carers
Questions and answers section
1:00:00 What policy changes would have the most pronounced effect to support young carers in Canada and the UK
1:03:00 Has there been a successful upstream or preventative intervention targeting families who are not receiving the services/support that the children are providing for them instead?
1:07:00 Has there been a breakthrough in terms of sensitizing professionals?
1:12:25 Do most children who provide intimate care also provide emotional care? Has there been research on social connectedness or isolation of young carers?
1:17:56 Call to action for Canada on young carers
1:18:34 Why young caring is everyone’s business
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