📄 🫂 A new study led by Associate Professor Sarah Donnelly has found that some family carers are hiding physical and emotional harm by vulnerable relatives because they fear intervention by the State.
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The UCD School of Social Policy, Social Work and Social Justice study partnered with Family Carers Ireland.
They also carried out focus groups with a variety of healthcare professionals.
“There’s a huge silence,” said one participant, a mother of two children with autism.
In particular, some carers said they feel guilty for being unable to protect other family members – for example, younger siblings – from harmful behaviours by the vulnerable relative.