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Supporting mutual caring: a booklet for workers in services who are supporting older families that include a person with learning disabilities
- Author:
- FOUNDATION FOR PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES
- Publisher:
- Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 26p.
- Place of publication:
- London
An increasing number of people with learning disabilities are providing regular and substantial care for their ageing relatives. This care ranges from help with personal care, medication, cooking and cleaning, to help with shopping and keeping them company as they go out and about less. In many cases, neither person would be able to remain living independently without this support. This is known as mutual caring. However, mutual caring amongst older families often remains hidden. This booklet highlights some of the main issues facing mutually caring older families and some of the ways that people in different services and roles can make a positive difference. This booklet should be read by anyone who is working in a service or role where they may come into contact with an older family in which a person with learning disabilities is taking on a caring role for their older relative. It focuses on 3 main topics: understanding mutual caring; responding to the challenge of mutual caring; and getting support right for families who are caring for each other.