4 Summary of Session 2

There is a major gap in supporting older family carers to plan for their family member’s future in health and social care. This is reflected in published research (Tilley et al., 2022; Larkin et al., 2023).

The ‘Tips’ you are developing about planning ahead well in advance, having an emergency care plan in place, thinking about options and taking time over your planning will be useful to you.As mentioned above, you can add to them as you work through the rest of the course and after you have completed the course, for example, when you get ideas from information and examples of what has worked for other families.

You can now go to Session 3.