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| Definitions of a carer |
There are many definitions of a carer, ranging from the over-simplified to the bureaucratic. Here are just a few of them. |
"A carer is a person, probably a relative, perhaps just a good friend or neighbour, who provides care, help and support for someone with a disability, long term illness, learning difficulty or mental health problem" (Carers Need to Know) "Carers are people like us with family and financial commitments, emotional needs, relationships to sustain and hobbies to enjoy. They can be young, old, married or single. They may live with the person they care for or live elsewhere and can be employed or retired; the only thing that has identified them...is that they have responsibility of caring for another" (People Like Us) "Anyone who looks after or cares for a handicapped person to any extent in their own home or elsewhere" (Equal Opportunities Commission 1982) "A person looking after or providing some form of regular service for a sick, handicapped or elderly person living in their own or another household" (General Household Survey 1988) "Carers come from al racial, ethnic, religious and cultural backgrounds, and some may not describe themselves as carers since the task is one which they simply accept as part of the role which they play in relation to that person" (Taking the Pressure off Carers) "A person who takes prime responsibility in the home care of a person who, because of handicap or illness, needs almost continuous care" (DHSS Working Party 1984) "A person who is not employed to provide the care in question by anybody in the exercise of its function under any enactment. Normally this will be a person who is looking after another adult in the home who is frail, ill and/or mentally or physically disabled, and where the dependency relationship 'exceeds that implicit in normally dependent relationships' between family members" (Social Services Inspectorate 1991) |
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