Objective: The study investigated the capabilities important to the health of people caring informally for elders. Method: Over 4 months, 60 informal caregivers from New Zealand participated in online discussion boards that provided a set of virtual forums. It drew upon the Capability Approach (Sen, 1980) to frame a qualitative inquiry whereby participants could anonymously respond to an evolving joint discussion of their health needs. Template analysis based on Nussbaum’s (2007) list of essential human capabilities informed the thematic analysis.
