Better support for aging carers of adults with a learning disability
Project Background
Ageing carers refer to carers who themselves are aging, but are still required to perform caring duties for people in their lives. For example, people with a learning disability (LD) are living longer, most with a family carer.
Northern Ireland has a higher proportion of people with a LD living at home and being cared for by family than anywhere else in the UK. The Strategic Planning and Performance Group (SPPG) in Northern Ireland has responsibility for planning, improving and overseeing the delivery of effective, high quality, safe health and social care services. We want to use evidence to explore how to support our population of aging carers, involving a range of stakeholders.
IMPACT Factfile
- Year: 2025 – 2026
- Delivery Model: Demonstrator
- Four Nations: Northern Ireland
Meet Our Demonstrators: Amanda Barr & Barbara Campbell
Amanda Barr
I joined IMPACT to fulfil a passion for driving service improvement in a different way. I have 35 years of experience in the health and social care sector managing Service Delivery and Training in Northern Ireland and England.
Barbara Cambell
As a passionate improver I was drawn to IMPACT as it provides exciting opportunities to influence change and improvement in social care in partnership with those who draw on care and support. I am a social worker with many years experience in integrated health and social care in NI. I am a former Director of Children’s Services and Social Work.
I led the development of quality improvement for social workers in NI, the development of HSCQI (NI HSC quality improvement and Innovation approach) and was a co-design member of the Q Community for the Health Foundation.
I led the development of quality improvement for social workers in NI, the development of HSCQI (NI HSC quality improvement and Innovation approach) and was a co-design member of the Q Community for the Health Foundation.