A profile of Australian mental health carers, their caring role and service needs: results from the 2012 Survey of Disability, Ageing and Carers

Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences
Sandra DiminicHarvey Whiteford

Abstract

Planning mental health carer services requires information about the number of carers, their characteristics, service use and unmet support needs. Available Australian estimates vary widely due to different definitions of mental illness and the types of carers included. This study aimed to provide a detailed profile of Australian mental health carers using a nationally representative household survey. The number of mental health carers, characteristics of carers and their care recipients, caring hours and tasks provided, service use and unmet service needs were derived from the national 2012 Survey of Disability, Ageing and Carers. Co-resident carers of adults with a mental illness were compared with those caring for people with physical health and other cognitive/behavioural conditions (e.g., autism, intellectual disability, dementia) on measures of service use, service needs and aspects of their caring role. In 2012, there were 225 421 co-resident carers of adults with mental illness in Australia, representing 1.0% of the population, and an estimated further 103 813 mental health carers not living with their care recipient. The majority of co-resident carers supported one person with mental illness, usually their partner or a...Continue Reading

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Sep 25, 2018·International Journal of Mental Health Nursing·Emily HielscherHarvey Whiteford
Oct 18, 2018·Disability and Rehabilitation·Michelle McIntyreElizabeth Kendall
Apr 17, 2020·Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology·Sandra DiminicHarvey A Whiteford
Dec 18, 2021·Crisis·Myfanwy MapleNavjot Bhullar

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