Are You A Carent?

What is a Carent?

The word 'carent' refers to mid-life children providing care for elderly relatives in the community.

Carenting?

Carenting is the word for the multitude of activities carents undertake as first aiders, homemakers, care coordinators, personal shoppers, chauffeurs, secretaries and financial or legal advisers.

The Carents Room

The Carents Room is an organisation whose mission is to make carenting and ageing a happier, healthier and more engaged experience.

Founded by Dr Jackie Gray, a dually qualified GP and Consultant in Public Health Medicine, with over 30 years of experience tackling the consequences of ageing in individuals and communities. Using insights from the direct experience of caring for her elderly father and being supported by others in similar roles.

Jackie’s experience showed that ageing and caring in the UK can be isolating and challenging, compounded by a shortage of suitable information, services, products and experiences which could make life easier for busy carents and their ageing parents.

The Carents Room has been informed by the available research and expert public health guidance on supporting elderly parents. It has tips with what to expect, what to ask and where to go for expert advice and help. The information is available 24/7 and developed to NHS information standards.

The first website dedicated to carents and carenting!

Dr Jackie Gray – Trailblazer of carenting: “I realised that, although there is a global commitment to tackle ageing, current strategies do not adequately support carents or realise their value. With more recognition and support, carents can better safeguard their own and their parents wellbeing, reduce avoidable pressures on frontline services, and shape the development of suitable ageing products.

I created The Carents Room to give carents the support and opportunities they need to make life better for themselves, their parents and our ageing society.”

Founded in 2020, The Carents Room is committed to quality and transparency, respect and equality. If you share these values and want to support carents or improve ageing, then please join us.