Caring for Older People: Carers

Hidden caring, hidden carers? Exploring the experience of carers for people with long-term conditions.

Informal carers make a significant contribution to illness management in communities, but many struggle to access support and remain 'hidden carers'. We aimed to explore how carers of people with common long-term conditions (LTCs, such as coronary heart disease or kidney disease) conceptualised their caring, and whether they struggled to identify themselves with the term 'carer' or access for s...

Assessing and helping carers of older people.

Carers are an essential source of support to older people and take responsibility for most of their care needs. Although many carers find aspects of the caring role satisfying, caring responsibilities can lead to a decline in their own physical and mental health—especially when caring for those with dementia—and adversely affect their employment and education prospects, financial position, and ...

The delivery of dignity when caring for older people.

Everyone has a different understanding of what it means to have dignity, however, it is commonly associated with being in control and valued. The dignity of older people is therefore vulnerable as they are likely to be in positions of reduced control over their wellbeing. The six senses framework describes the characteristics of a health and social care environment which can promote dignity. Th...

'Stitched drawings' and caring for our older people.

Involving students in the challenges of caring for older people.

Students acquire nursing knowledge and values through occupational socialisation during varied work-based placements. Such experiences not only influence their career paths but, crucially, their orientation towards older people in practice. This paper draws on research exploring nursing students' experiences of working with older people during a pre-registration course. It aims to show how unde...