Carents

[barry1010]

Haven't heard this expression beford (people who care for their elderly relatives).
Is it in common use?

[LadyCG]

First time I've heard it. Just another silly made-up word.

[jno]

new to me. But you can't really tell if it's people who care for parents or parents who care for other family members, so until its usage has settled down it's still too vague..

[barry1010]

I agree with you both

[LadyCG]

What on earth is wrong with the term "Carer"?

[jno]

carers may be professionals and therefore paid. Carents won't be, which will be a blessing to any government but hard work for those involved..

[LadyCG]

One can be a Carer for one's spouse, sibling, child, parent or neighbour. Whether paid or unpaid a Carer provides care.

Carents is just a stupid made-up word.

[Barsel]

It is a stupid word and I didn't even realise how it was pronounced.
I read it as Car ents!

[William51]

It is made up. It is not in the dictionary and on Google it comes up as Car rent and Current.

[barry1010]

This is where I first stumbled across it https://carents.co.uk/about/

[pastafreak]

So it looks like it's the name/term chosen to identify a specific website that exists to help those in the position of caring for elderly relatives. Though it may sound a silly word, it's a way to make the site stand out, and draw attention to its aims. That doesn't mean it's ever going to enter the English language as the generally accepted term for that role.

[Barsel]

CARENTS is a UK-registered trade mark.
I think the more you say the word it becomes easier, but I'm not sure if it's meant to be used for all carers of family or just for those that are registered with this company.

[jno]

it'll last if there's a need for it: I'm not certain there is at the moment, but increasingly people caring for their parents is a thing. In olden days parents were mostly dead at 70 and not in need of care.

Niblings is a similarly artificial term and yet for family history work, it's very useful - a gender-free term like siblings but referring to nieces and nephews.

[barry1010]

I really don't understand why we don't have a word for our grown up children, 'sons and daughters' seems clumsy.

[Barsel]

I do have a word that I have for my grown-up daughters, but I better not say what it is on here!
It definitely isn't Carents.