1 Sometimes a carer is clearly identified by being a spouse, or already resident in the same house.

2 Table 5.2 shows the relationship of the principal carer to the dementia sufferer.

3 Her carer is her daughter whose flat is in the same block.

4 It can make the relation between the carer and the person cared for too familiar.

5 More often, of course, separation involves a younger carer giving up the role, about which there is often profound ambivalence.

6 They asked for all the recommendations for a carer, and home support to be implemented.

7 The carer should always be positive if the patient does have the ability and opportunity to return to work.

8 The carer then asks the patient to clasp his hands together, and helps him to do this.

9 The carer must ensure that the patient is cleaned thoroughly when he has finished.

10 In the home she may ask the carer to perform the tasks of the assistant therapist.

11 The term carer or family carer will be used to denote those doing unpaid family care.

12 Local information from user and carer groups had revealed a basic home help cleaning service was highly valued by many clients.

13 Frequently for a carer, personal needs take second place to the hard physical and mental effort required for the dependant.

14 The role of carer Caring can involve a variety of roles, not all of which can be comfortably accommodated.

15 When a child or young person is received into care a placement with a carer or carers has to be made.

16 An extended family placement has been used, but with minimal investigation of it suitability and minimal support to the carer.

17 A crisis tends to arise out of a deterioration in health, or even the death of a carer, spouse or relative.

18 It is still nearly always a daughter or daughter-in-law who becomes the carer.

19 These can be drawn out from within the history of a caring relationship particularly where there is a principal carer taking responsibility.

20 The 86-year-old had to call an ambulance when her carer failed to turn up.

21 Overall the effects of caring obviously vary considerably depending upon the relationship and residential relationship of carer and dependant.

22 Studies have also shown that there is a connection between the gender of an elderly person and the carer.

23 This leaves Open the possibility of negotiation between the parties to identify the person who eventually becomes the main carer.

24 Those whose dementia progresses rapidly or who suddenly become unmanageable because of aggression or death of the carer have no hope of admission.

25 Support from statutory services Professional services available to the carer come from various sources and vary a great deal from area to area.

26 Another important subdivision of the informal caring population must be made concerning the relationship between carer and dependant.

27 Secondly, hemiplegic patients often have difficulties eating, chewing and swallowing, and this can seem repulsive to the carer.

28 At least at first, sharing a double bed is unlikely to be comfortable or practical for either patient or carer.

29 Defining abuse can allow the relative power of the carer to take precedence over the plight of the older person.

30 Frequently a crisis is precipitated by some sudden change in health or behaviour, of the elderly person or a carer.

31 The length of the day can obviate much of the good accomplished in day care for both the sufferer and the carer.

32 Indeed, it is very likely that the process varies with the relationship between the carer and dependant.

33 A carers group might help, but what about some form of respite care for both the carer and the son?

34 William, third in line to the throne, stopped to greet carer Debbie Barlett, 51, who lives near Sandringham.

35 She was now the carer of her three younger siblings.

36 Theodora Dudley, a retired carer, was leaving empty-handed from Woolworths but she already had a Marks and Spencer carrier bag containing shopping.

37 Results: Five independent variables had been put into regression equation by multiple regression analysis, which were ADL score, stroke attack time, marriage, carer and SDS score.

38 How would I manage if I ended up being a carer for my child and husband?

39 They say they were told there would be a carer present who would use the hoist.

40 Downes, 85, was almost blind when he and his 74-year-old wife, who had become his full-time carer, travelled to Switzerland to end their lives, a family statement released to the BBC said.

40 is a sentence dictionary, on which you can find nice sentences for a large number of words.

41 From mother to best friend, carer or lover, we play many roles in life.

42 The findings suggest there are 1.4 million men –in one in seven families –whose main role is primary carer for their children.

43 Additional needs stem from their frequent status as a mother and usually the primary carer for her children.

44 It made its debut at the IEE conference on computer communications in 2008 as a potential carer for the elderly.

45 The carer will have to do all the work: placing the patient on the seat, strapping him in, taking him off again at the top.

46 Many councils really do limit care visits to 15 minutes, which doesn't give the carer proper time to wash, dress or feed their client.

47 The act of looking after elderly parents or relatives now earns us the official title of a "carer" and some suggest that this role should be financially compensated.

48 Being a carer is very stressful and only those who have experienced it first hand will understand exactly how stressful.

49 Worst of all, marketisation ensures that everyone arrives at the challenge of being a carer with an almighty shock, and often a sense of "Why did no one warn me?

50 One carer alternated between stroking the back of her wheelchair - bound son and fanning herself, ceaselessly.

51 As well as being his main carer, Freaney also looked after her three other children - who suffered hyper-activity disorder, dyspraxia and Asperger's syndrome - and her elderly mother.

52 I totally commend your approach – set aside time first thing to do what is important / most beneficial in the long term – but I have what may be a female / mother / main carer / worker problem...

53 Today's carer gives Phil a good wash and freshen up and, just before she leaves, we ease her into a dressing gown so that she is more respectable for her journey to hospital.