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We need to talk about caring — dealing with difficult conversations
Author(s)	Anna Davies, Ciaran Osborne
Corporate Author	Independent Age
Publisher	Independent Age, London, July 2016
Pages	41 pp
Source	https://www.independentage.org/sites/default/files/2016-07...
Keywords	Communication skills ; Needs [elderly] ; Terminal care ; Care homes ; Family relationships.
Annotation	In April 2016, Independent Age commissioned ComRes to survey a nationally representative sample of 2,066 people online, including 520 people aged 65+, to find out about their attitudes to and experiences of different conversation topics. This report presents findings on how and why families avoid talking about challenges they may face in older age. It covers: the types of conversations taking place; the family members that are hardest to talk to; the topics that are the most difficult to talk about; and the barriers to talking about ageing. In recommending what can be done to counter the barriers to difficult conversations, it suggests ways of: addressing the information problem; addressing unwillingness to consider residential care; and addressing the denial problem. It suggests tactics for initiating sensitive conversations, on which Independent Age has launched an online resource (independentage.org/difficult-conversations). (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-160809002 E
Classmark	UO: IK: LV: KW: DS:SJ
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