Children in care, adoption, and after care
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Making sense of increasing young carer prevalence – cause for concern or finding the hidden population?
Wednesday March 15th is Young Carers Action Day 2023, an annual event that draws attention to the lives of children who care for a family member due to an illness or disability. Research has a key role in investigating the impacts of caring and informing what support could look like, but the issue of increasing prevalence estimates is challenging our understanding.