Category: Uncategorized
-
Just what it says on the tin!
Chasing after social services, chasing after advocates, learning the law and reading and analysing government and parliamentary acts. Just some of the things unpaid carers right across the UK are having to do to either access support and services or raise a complaint. It honestly feels like the systems that are meant to support us…
-
Counselling.
Since the start of the pandemic and all the added stress and worry caused by the various lockdowns and the worry of keeping myself and my parents safe and covid free my mental health has worsened to the point where I needed help and support. After speaking with the nurse practitioner at my GP practice…
-
Carer health and the worries around covid.
For many unpaid carers the health of our loved ones often comes before our own and we all too often put our own health concerns on the back burner because there simply aren’t enough hours in the day to tend to our own needs. For some that can even mean delaying minor surgery as they…
-
A message for professionals and the public in general.
Some people in society are under the false impression that carers are just there to do things like shopping and providing cups of tea for their loved ones, but let’s take a look at the many different roles a full time carer can be required to perform each and every day. There’s things like chauffeur,…
-
A life lost.
Just recently I’ve been thinking a lot about the past life I had before I became an unpaid carer for both my parents and the parts of my life that I’ll never get back, the friends that I’ve lost, a lost career and a lost social life. Sadly there are still people out there who…
-
The cost of living from a carers perspective.
From conversations, polls and surveys carried out by various groups we know that the current cost of living crisis is having a huge impact on unpaid carers and those they care for. Governments say they’re doing all they can to help, but is it enough and what more can be done to help? Let’s look…
-
My story so far.
My name is Mike O’Brien and I’m an unpaid carer for both of my elderly and disabled parents who also have various other health conditions between them both. We live in a town called Barry (think Gavin and Stacy) in South Wales. Before becoming a carer I had a good career in IT which I…