Primary carers primary is a person who All types of Restriction to one ‘A (Survey of provides the most informal relationship included. primary per care Disability, Ageing assistance, in terms of help or recipient. and Home care) supervision, to a person with one No co-residency or or more disabilities. The income restrictions. Restrictions based on assistance has to be ongoing, or severity of care need likely to be ongoing, for at least six Restrictions on and main months and be provided for one or severity of care need responsibility for care more of the core activities and main and duration of care (communication, mobility and responsibility for care care). In this survey, primary and duration of care. Does not define an carers only include persons aged amount of time or 15 years and over for whom a intensity of care but personal interview was conducted. does define the Persons aged 15 to 17 years were duration of care only interviewed personally if required. parental permission was granted.’ Restrictions on of Carer person of any age who provides All types of support given, but ‘A (Survey of any informal assistance, in terms relationship included. fairly broad Disability, Ageing of help or supervision, to persons inclusions. and Home care) with disabilities or long-term No co-residency or conditions or persons who are income restrictions. Does not define an elderly (i.e. aged 60 years or amount of time or over). This assistance has to be Restrictions based on intensity of care but ongoing, or likely to be ongoing, types of tasks, does define the for at least six months. Assistance support is provided duration of care to a person in a different for and duration of required. household relates to 'everyday care. types of activities', without specific information on the activities. Where the care recipient lives in the same household, the
Primary carers (Survey of Disability, Ageing and Home care) ‘A primary is a person who provides the most informal assistance, in terms of help or supervision, to a person with one or more disabilities. The assistance has to be ongoing, or likely to be ongoing, for at least six months and be provided for one or more of the core activities (communication, mobility and In this survey, primary carers only include persons aged 15 years and over for whom a personal interview was conducted. Persons aged 15 to 17 years were only interviewed personally if parental permission was granted.’ All types of relationship included. No co-residency or income restrictions. Restrictions on severity of care need and main responsibility for care and duration of care. Restriction to one primary per care recipient. Restrictions based on severity of care need and main responsibility for care and duration of care Does not define an amount of time or intensity of care but does define the duration of care required. Carer (Survey of Disability, Ageing and Home care) ‘A person of any age who provides any informal assistance, in terms of help or supervision, to persons with disabilities or long-term conditions or persons who are elderly (i.e. aged 60 years or over). This assistance has to be ongoing, or likely to be ongoing, for at least six months. Assistance to a person in a different household relates to 'everyday types of activities', without specific information on the activities. Where the care recipient lives in the same household, the All types of relationship included. No co-residency or income restrictions. Restrictions based on types of tasks, support is provided for and duration of care. Restrictions on of support given, but fairly broad inclusions. Does not define an amount of time or intensity of care but does define the duration of care required. care).
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