SINGLE MEASURE

Caring responsibilities

Sweep Title: 2003 Sweep
Dataset: Adults With Learning Difficulties in England (AWLDE)

Question(s)

Does anyone live with you who is old, sick or disabled?
IF YES

Do you have to look after them? (Amended GHS/HSE)

So who is it you look after?

What do you do to help them?

Does anyone help you look after them?

Who helps you?

How happy are you with the help you get?

Would you like (more) help looking after them?

If you needed help, who would you turn to?

Response scale

Part 1:
Yes
No

Part 2:
Yes
No

Part 3:
• Parent
• Partner
• Child
• Other relative
• Friend

Part 4:
• Cooking
• Washing / ironing
• Cleaning
• Shopping
• Personal care e.g. personal hygiene, taking to the toilet etc

Part 5:
Yes
No

Part 6:
• Parent
• Partner
• Child
• Other relative
• Friend
• Paid help/professional support person/staff at residential home
• Other

Part 7:
• Very happy
• Quite happy
• Not happy

Part 8:
Yes
No

Part 9:
• Parent
• Partner
• Child
• Other relative
• Friend
• Paid help/professional support person/staff at residential home
• Social services
• Other

Participant age 16 - 120
Starts January 2003
Ends January 2003
Provision OR Receipt OR Need? Provision;
Informant: Participant or carer
Multiple rater? No
Reporting Term Current
Standard instrument? No
Measure ID AWLDE-1917