Resources - adult carers

These are some resources related to carers’ breaks that you may find useful.

• Supporting you to take a break (Carers UK, 2022)
• State of caring (Carers UK, 2022, as well as the 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2021 reports)
• Carers’ assessments: developments, digital, diversity, co-production and good practice (Carers UK, 2023)
• Supporting adult carers, quality standard (NICE, 2021)
• Supporting adult carers, guideline (NICE, 2020)
• LGA Supporting carers: guidance and case studies (LGA, 2018)
• Time away from caring: good practice in carer breaks (Carers Trust, 2023)
• Preventative support for adult carers in Wales: rapid review (Social Care Wales, 2018)
• Review of evidence relating to unpaid carers’ needs assessments in Wales (SCIE, 2021)
• Seeing the wood for the trees: carer-related research and knowledge: a scoping review (Open University, 2017)
• OU Carers database of references
• Exemplar models and support for older carers and carers of people with dementia (Open University, 2018)
• Shared Lives
• Taking a break. Use of residential respite by people with dementia and carers: access, experience, outcomes (King’s College London, Alzheimer’s Society, 2019)
• A Carer's Life: Implications and considerations for commissioning (Institute of Public Care, 2017)
• NHS Commissioning for Carers (NHS England, 2014)
• What is market shaping? (Institute of Public Care, 2016)
• Top Tips: Commissioning for market diversity (Think Local Act Personal, 2015)
• Integrated commissioning for better outcomes (Local Government Association, 2018)
• Commissioning for better outcomes: a route map (University of Birmingham and Local Government Association, 2015)
• Market shaping (Institute of Public Care)
• Integrated personal commissioning (NHS England, 2016)
• People at the Heart of Care: adult social care reform white paper (2021)
• Health and Care Act 2022
• Health and Care Act Working in Partnership with People and Communities Guidance (2022)
• NHS Commitment to carers (NHS England, 2016)