Caring for older people in the 21st century: 'notes from a small island'.
Drawing on carer narratives from research undertaken in New Zealand, this paper considers the interrelationship between place and the care-giving experience. In doing so, it considers: first, how informal carers of older people experience the transition in the place of care from the home to care homes; second, how they negotiate new identities for themselves as carers in these new care settings; and third, carers' views on how we might develop more inclusive models of care in care home settings. While much current work on care-giving in the home highlights the blurring of the boundaries between formal and informal care-giving, this paper suggests that the blurring of the boundaries of care may also be manifest in an increased penetration of informal care-giving within the semi-public space of the residential care home.
Institute for Health Research, Lancaster University, Alexandra Square, Bailrigg, Lancaster LA1 4YT, UK. c.milligan@lancaster.ac.uk
Christine
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D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006699:Home Care Services; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D033262:Narration; D009520:New Zealand; D009735:Nursing Homes; D010360:Patient Transfer