noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
formal
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Most formal carers want to allow old people to remain in their homes as long as possible.
informal
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Improve contacts with informal carers to access services they need.
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Throughout the process any informal carers should be consulted and should be offered their own assessments when appropriate.
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It includes the uses of informal education for carers .
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The most likely potential informal carers are other members of the elderly person's household.
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Women informal carers are also likely to be carrying heavier responsibilities than male carers.
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The value of the work undertaken by informal carers is difficult to estimate with precision.
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As with other social groups informal carers are not a homogeneous group.
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This situation is exacerbated by the inadequacy of current social security provision, for both disabled people and informal carers .
male
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However, there are a significant minority of male carers who must not be excluded.
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Women informal carers are also likely to be carrying heavier responsibilities than male carers.
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It has now been shown that the number of male carers has increased substantially.
other
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The involvement of family and other carers during each of the elements should be considered standard practice.
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Parents, social workers and other carers have an educational role as do vocational training staff, employers and employees.
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The care which other carers might give to the child only becomes relevant if the threshold test is met.
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Professionals need also to work together with parents and other carers of children.
patient
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She is responsible for helping the patient and carers in daily tasks such as washing, bathing and going to the toilet.
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Increased integration of the patient and carers is encouraged, combatting the isolation which has frequently preceded referral.
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If poverty is a long-term prospect, it is likely also to affect the morale of the patient and his carers .
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At least at first, sharing a double bed is unlikely to be comfortable or practical for either patient or carer .
principal
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We asked principal carers , therefore, which of a list of symptoms the person they cared for suffered from.
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These can be drawn out from within the history of a caring relationship particularly where there is a principal carer taking responsibility.
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We re-interviewed those principal carers whose relatives, etc had moved to permanent institutional care by the end of one year.
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Table 5.2 shows the relationship of the principal carer to the dementia sufferer.
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How, therefore, did principal carers view the dementia sufferer's continued home care?
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The changing patterns of marriage and companionate relationships will also expand the range of principal carers .
■ VERB
become
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It is still nearly always a daughter or daughter-in-law who becomes the carer .
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This leaves Open the possibility of negotiation between the parties to identify the person who eventually becomes the main carer .
involve
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More often, of course, separation involves a younger carer giving up the role, about which there is often profound ambivalence.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Hospital staff can provide additional home support for carers.
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We have a high number of volunteer carers at the day centre.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Her carer is her daughter whose flat is in the same block.
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In a companion study, 94 per cent of carers of patients with dementia considered the practice to be justified.
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In addition, unmarried women carers are more likely than either married women or men to be carrying particularly heavy caring responsibilities.
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In the home she may ask the carer to perform the tasks of the assistant therapist.
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Support from statutory services Professional services available to the carer come from various sources and vary a great deal from area to area.
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This may sometimes be the result of lack of information and reluctance on the part of the carers to take measures to correct this.
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When a child or young person is received into care a placement with a carer or carers has to be made.