Knowledge generation and former carers: reflections and ways forward

While their increasing number is achieving some academic and public recognition, former carers occupy a liminal status, are often hidden, experience range of negative legacies related to caring. Existing research on limited in both quantity quality, caring tends be viewed as an end stage the overall trajectory. A theories concepts employed enrich wider field have potential extend understanding about needs, situations lived experiences generate new knowledge process transition. These include feminist perspectives, lifecourse analysis, ethic care, emotiospatial hermeneutic, emotional labour, social liminality, hybridity, biographical disruption identity. The article aims open up debate act platform for taking forward developments research.