When looking after a loved-one is too much: caring for carers.

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British Journal of Community NursingVol. 22, No. 5 Looking at Long-Term ConditionsWhen looking after a loved-one is too much: caring for carersAllie AndersonAllie AndersonSearch for more papers by this authorAllie AndersonPublished Online:3 May 2017https://doi.org/10.12968/bjcn.2017.22.5.256AboutSectionsView articleView Full TextPDF/EPUB ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InEmail View article References Carers Trust (2017) What is a carer? https://carers.org/what-carer (accessed 18 April 2017) Google ScholarCarers UK (2014) Carers at breaking point. www.socialwelfare.bl.uk/subject-areas/services-activity/social-work-care-services/carersuk/166981carers-at-breaking-point.pdf (accessed 18 April 2017) Google ScholarCarers UK (2017) Facts & figures. www.carersuk.org/news-and-campaigns/press-releases/facts-and-figures (accessed 18 April 2017) Google ScholarDepartment of Health (2016) Care Act factsheets – Factsheet 8: The law for carers. www.gov.uk/government/publications/care-act-2014-part-1-factsheets/care-act-factsheets#factsheet-8-the-law-for-carers (accessed 18 April 2017) Google ScholarNHS England (2016) A practical guide to healthy caring. www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/nhs-practcl-guid-caring.pdf (accessed 18 April 2017) Google ScholarNursing and Midwifery Council (2015) The Code – Professional standards of practice and behaviour for nurses and midwives. www.nmc.org.uk/globalassets/sitedocuments/nmc-publications/nmc-code.pdf (accessed 18 April 2017) Google ScholarRowland C et al. (2017) The contributions of family care-givers at end of life: A national post-bereavement census survey of cancer carers' hours of care and expenditures. Palliat Med 31(4): 346–55 Crossref, Medline, Google ScholarThe Queen's Nursing Institute (2017) Supporting Carers. www.qni.org.uk/nursing-in-the-community/supporting-carers/ (accessed 18 April 2017) Google ScholarTwigg J, Atkin K (1994) Carers Perceived: Policy and Practice in Informal Care. Milton Keynes: Open University Press Google Scholar FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails 2 May 2017Volume 22Issue 5ISSN (print): 1462-4753ISSN (online): 2052-2215 Metrics History Published online 3 May 2017 Published in print 2 May 2017 Information© MA Healthcare LimitedPDF download