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Table D2: Example of power in Case Study D in relation to family carers
type of power
How was it obtained?
How was it used?
How was it defended?
How was it passed on?
How was it given up?
Through being named family contact
Through being closest relation
To request that staff undertake tasks, relate to the person in certain ways
By complaining the home manager if they did not think they were being listened to
By telling the person that they had to listen to the staff
By not taking a close interest in the person’s affairs
Through the person in the home seeing them as important
To make decisions on behalf/with the person
By telling the resident in the presence of the staff that they should/ could do something
Through illness or death
By the staff giving them respect
By encouraging their relative to act in a certain way
Through managing the person’s money