Episode 3: Talking Tech & Working Carers with Dr. Attracta Lafferty

In Episode 3 of the Caring Researchers Podcast from Care Alliance Ireland, host Zoe Hughes talks with Dr. Attracta Lafferty, from the UCD School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health Systems. In a wide-ranging conversation, hear about Attracta's journey to research, how she became interested in family carer research, her most recent (2024) project CareWell (on the topic of working carers) and the possibilities of smart home technology for family carers. Show Notes:  UCD School of Nursing Midwifery & Health Systems - https://www.ucd.ie/nmhs/Trinity Centre for People with Intellectual Disabilities (TCPID) (Formerly the National Institute for Intellectual Disability, TCD) - https://www.tcd.ie/tcpid/about/TILDA\IDS TILDA- https://idstilda.tcd.ie/Family Carers of Older People – Results of a National Survey of Stress, Conflict and Coping. Attracta Lafferty, Gerard Fealy, Carmel Downes, Jonathan Drennan (NCPOP/UCD) - https://www.carealliance.ie/userfiles/file/NCPOP_Family%20Carers%20of%20Older%20People%2092pg%20A4%20FINAL%20PREVIEW_4th%20June%202014.pdfENCARE - https://www.carealliance.ie/EnCaReFamily Carers’ Experiences of Caring for a Person with Intellectual Disability Final Report. UCD/FCI/University of Ulster (2016)- https://familycarers.ie/media/1419/lafferty-et-al-family-carers-experiences-of-caring-for-a-person-with-intellectual-disability.pdfProfiling Family Carers Of People With Dementia: Results From A National Survey (2016) Attracta Lafferty, Gerard Fealy, Áine Teahan, Eilish Mcauliffe, Amanda Phelan, Liam O'Sullivan, Diarmuid O'Shea., Age And Ageing, Volume 45, Issue Suppl_2, September 2016, Pages Ii13–Ii56, Https://Doi.Org/10.1093/Ageing/Afw159.151CareWell Project - https://carewellproject.com/"The Wheel Always Turns in Circles"- Report of the 'A Story to Tell' Lifestories project. - https://www.academia.edu/419662/_The_Wheel_Always_Turns_in_Circles_Report_of_the_A_Story_to_Tell_Lifestories_projectHealth Research Board (HRB) - https://www.hrb.ie/Caring Researchers, Episode 2: Family Carers Talking Research - https://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-2-family-carers-talking-research--60654119Introduction to PPI Research - Dr. Jon Salsberg (University of Limerick) https://youtu.be/SqnvZ6f51BcPPI Ignite - https://ppinetwork.ie/National Carers Strategy - https://www.gov.ie/en/publication/a1e44e-national-carers-strategy/What Is Compassion Fatigue? - https://www.joyce.edu/blog/what-is-compassion-fatigue/Note: The information, opinions, and recommendations presented in this Podcast are for general information only and any reliance on the information provided in this Podcast is done at your own risk. This Podcast should not be considered professional advice. The opinions contained within this podcast should be taken as those of the individual speakers, and not of Care Alliance Ireland as a whole. The third party materials or content of any third party site referenced in this Podcast do not necessarily reflect the opinions, standards or policies of Care Alliance Ireland. Care Alliance Ireland assumes no responsibility or liability for the accuracy or completeness of the content contained in third party materials or on third party sites referenced in this Podcast or the compliance with applicable laws of such materials and/or links referenced herein.