Daughters Caring for Fathers Study

Are you the main caregiver for your father?

Researchers want to hear from daughters who are the main caregivers for their frail, elderly fathers. If you have been caring for your father single-handed or with support from others for more than 12 months, we'd love to hear from you.

If you're happy to share your experience, please click below to fill in a short expression of interest and a member of our study team will get in touch with you.

This research aims to explore your lived experience related to being a carer for your father, as part of your life as a whole and whatever that means to you.

Who can take part?

You may be eligible to take part in this study if:

you are over 40
you are the primary caregiver for your biological father
your father is over 70 and living in his own home
you have been caring for your father single-handed or with support for 12 months or more

You may be eligible to take part in this study if:

you are over 40
you are the primary caregiver for your biological father
your father is over 70 and living in his own home
you have been caring for your father single-handed or with support for 12 months or more

What's involved?

If you are happy to take part, you will be invited to meet with our researcher in-person for an interview, which will take 60-90 minutes to complete, at your home or somewhere local to you.

In this interview you will be asked a number of open questions to help explore your individual, personal experience as a carer for your father.

If you are happy to take part, you will be invited to attend an in-depth in-person interview, which will take 60-90 minutes to complete.

In this interview you will be asked a number of open questions to help explore your individual, personal experience as a carer for your father.

Join the study!

If you're interested in taking part please click below and fill in a short expression of interest form and we'll get in touch!

All proposals for research using human participants are reviewed by an Ethics Committee before they can proceed. The NSPC research ethics sub-committee have approved this study.