0 A cared-for object has been kept in a good condition by someone: --
1 Cared-for children are taken care of by an official or government organization because their own parents are unable to look after them: --
Social criticism is more likely to be raised about a badly organised funeral which everybody observes, than about a poorly cared-for patient hidden in the house.
The intent was to interview carers and care-recipients, and to spend several hours observing in the home of the person with dementia as caring and being cared-for was carried out.
An examination of the mean severity of disability scores among ' cared-for ' spouses showed a mean severity of disability score of five regardless of their own social class.
There was also evidence that the desire to continue the intimate relationship meant that neither the carers nor the cared-for had much liking for routine and its monotony.
The data revealed no significant differences by age, gender, relationship between the family carer and the cared-for person, living arrangement or duration of being a carer.
Under the 2003 regulations, a direct payment may be used to employ close relatives as personal assistants, even those living in the same household as the cared-for person.
Enhancing caregivers' sense of achievement and satisfaction by improving the well-being of the cared-for person would also help to maximise the perceived benefits of caregiving.
The findings of this study suggest that long-term solutions may be realised through focusing interventions on the distressing behaviours of the cared-for older person.
