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Committed to caring — carer experiences after a relative goes into nursing or residential care
Author(s)	Diane Seddon, Kate Jones, Mari Boyle
Journal title	Quality in Ageing, vol 3, no 3, September 2002
Pages	pp 16-26
Keywords	Family care ; Attitude ; Admission [care homes] ; Admission [nursing homes] ; Social surveys.
Annotation	This article presents the key findings from a collaborative study about the experiences and support needs of carers whose relatives are admitted into nursing or residential care homes. Drawing on data from carers' qualitative accounts, it considers carers' post-admission roles, responsibilities and profiles, and the contribution carers make to the continued care of their relative. Carers' post-admission caring experiences are described in detail, and differences between spouse carers and carers involved in looking after a parent are identified. A temporal model depicting the complex and dynamic nature of carers' post-admission experiences is presented. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-021101211 A
Classmark	P6:SJ: DP: KW:QKH: LHB:QKH: 3F
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