“The SUSTAIN project aims to help carers develop their knowledge, skills and confidence in supporting people living with multiple conditions.

Older adults with higher care needs require the most support with managing their joint pain and additional conditions, but are currently the least likely to be able to access support. Many older adults with joint pain living in care settings have degrees of cognitive impairment. This is often seen as a barrier to older adults self-managing their conditions, without considerable support from carers.

We would like to interview care staff about their experiences of caring for older people with multiple long-term conditions, to find out what matters most, their challenges and how they feel about their role. We will then compile a short film from the interviews which will be shown to other carers and people working in the care sector. This will be used to help us co-design new training and support that people want and need.

The interviews and co-design groups will all be held online (e.g via Zoom) and should last no longer than 90 minutes. Everyone will receive a £25 gift voucher for taking part.

If you are interested and would like more information, please contact Dr Kate Button on buttonk@cardiff.ac.uk or 02920687734.”