...Nan Greenwood; Carole Pound Purpose The purpose of this paper is to describe how providing a wide variety of visual images facilitated discussions amongst older informal carers in focus groups. Design/methodology/approach In all, 72 older (aged 70+ years) informal carers took part in nine...

... groups and interviews were conducted with 25 relatives of residents in four care homes for older people in the South East of England. Two rounds of focus groups were held in each participating care home: the first was to discuss any issues arising from the care received, or concerns about the home itself...