According to Noddings, each caring relation consists of at least two people, the "one-caring" and the "cared-for".
For Noddings, ethics is about particular relationships between two parties: the "one-caring" and the "cared-for".
The majority (84%) agreed that carers 'should be a partner in the health care of their cared-for person'.
This does not mean that the one-caring does exactly what the cared-for desires in all situations.
2) As the cared-for person's condition deteriorated, the caring role often became all-encompassing so that carers were managing competing demands, and felt unable to look after their own needs as well as those of the cared-for person.
All the carers were/or had been a blood relation to the cared-for person therefore friends or neighbours with a caring role were under-represented.
Of around 500 patients cared-for during student placements, one refused consent for student care.
The cared-for person may then have to depend on more formal care, with the expense and disruption that it involves.
Carlos spoke no English but the ride was varied and the horses were well cared-for.
He laid it on the line: "I'm comfortable in a cared-for environment.
But the number of hours that each cared-for person needs has risen by 4.2% a year.
