Dr Stacey Rand discusses the importance of considering older carers and service users as a dyad, both of whom often support each other.
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Older carers frequently have their own health or social care needs. The care provided within older couples is often mutual and reciprocal, rendering the terms ‘service user’ and ‘carer’ redundant. A more productive approach is to consider the needs of both together as a dyad, though this is not always straightforward in practice.
In this episode I speak to Dr Stacey Rand who has conducted research with practitioners about the feasibility of this approach in practice and found that many already consider the needs of both, though systems – and some managers – are often not prepared for this.
Dr Stacey Rand is a social care researcher at the Personal Social Services Research Unit at the University of Kent. Her research interests include unpaid family/friend carers, the quality and safety of care, and the application in policy and practice of social care outcomes for people who use services and their carers.
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