Support Services for Carers

Follow the links below to find information about various support services for carers.

Updated October 2011

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Title:   Down syndrome
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Down syndrome is caused by an extra copy of chromosome 21 inside each of the body's cells. It causes certain physical characteristics and affects thinking skills.
Date:   Nov 2011
Title:   Carers
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Caring is a rewarding experience, but it can also be very demanding and sometimes carers need extra help and support. This page provides links to a range of information and help available for carers.
Date:   Oct 2011
Title:   Homecare and support
Publisher:   Department of Veterans' Affairs
Description:   Homecare and support links and information.
Date:   Oct 2011
Title:   Managing daily life
Publisher:   CareSearch
Description:   Providing physical and emotional care for a person when they are seriously ill is demanding. Remember that family members and friends, including neighbours, often want to help.
Date:   Aug 2011
Title:   Intellectually disabled
Publisher:   CareSearch
Description:   The life expectancy of people with a learning disability has increased. This means that many are living into old age with diseases such as cancer or dementia. This also means that if they are not ill themselves, they may have a family member who is seriously ill.
Date:   Aug 2011
Title:   Caring
Publisher:   Department of Veterans' Affairs
Description:   Caring: Being a carer is a constant role that can be physically and mentally demanding. To avoid injury or burnout it is important for your to look after both your physical and emotional health.
Date:   Aug 2011
Title:   Respite care
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Links to a range of information about services providing respite care for carers, whether it is in their own home, in the wider community, or in a residential aged care facility.
Date:   Aug 2011
Title:   Carers
Publisher:   National Stroke Foundation (NSF)
Description:   When stroke survivors go home, they often rely on others to help them with everyday activities. These people, the carers, are also affected by the stroke. No one plans on becoming a carer. If you are a carer it is important that you don't feel alone - especially if you don't have family members to give help and support.
Date:   Jul 2011
Title:   Information interventions for orienting patients and their carers to cancer care facilities
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Patients who are new to a cancer care facility and cancer treatment are often stressed and anxious due to their diagnosis of cancer, uncertainties about treatment, needle phobias and meeting new care providers. This review focuses on the effects of inf...
Date:   Jun 2011
Title:   Disability - volunteer support
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Interchange provides personalised respite and social support services to families of children and young people with a disability in Victoria. Volunteers are carefully matched to meet the needs of the families who request support. All volunteers are trained by professional staff.
Date:   Mar 2011
Title:   Disability - living with someone who has a disability
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Being disabled means not being able to do things that other people of the same age can do.
Date:   Feb 2011
Title:   Disability - support for families
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Supports and services are provided in Victoria for children and adults with a disability and their families or carers. Family members and other unpaid carers play an important role in increasing opportunities for independence, choice and community participation. Supports are based on the needs of each person and their family.
Date:   Jan 2011
Title:   The People who Care
Publisher:   CareSearch
Description:   Caregivers come in all shapes and sizes and for people with advanced cancer they are often the secret to an optimum quality of life.
Date:   Nov 2010
Title:   Supporting carers
Publisher:   CareSearch
Description:   There is a wide range of carer needs and expectations reported in the literature for those carers providing care for friends and family at the end of life
Date:   Oct 2010
Title:   Carers and families
Publisher:   CareSearch
Description:   Social support has a significant effect on the quality of life and prognosis of patients, and may reduce depression and anxiety. Lack of emotional support has been independently associated with a higher rate of fatal and non-fatal cardiac events. Caregivers of patients with heart failure often do not access formal social services but nonetheless they carry a significant burden of care.
Date:   Oct 2010
Title:   Being a young carer
Publisher:   Inspire Foundation
Description:   This fact sheets has some tips on taking care of yourself while also caring for someone else.
Date:   Sep 2010
Title:   Supporting carers
Publisher:   CareSearch
Description:   One important aspect of the nurses' role in palliative care is that of supporting carers. Carers are those who look after someone at home, and are usually considered informal or lay carers as they are not being paid for what they do.
Date:   Aug 2010
Title:   Carers
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Sometimes young people have a role at home that involves looking after a family member, or a friend. This may mean the young person learns new skills, feels good about the support they provide and develops a strong relationship with the person or persons they care for.
Date:   Jul 2010
Title:   Interventions for supporting family and friends of patients at the end of life
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Family and friends are often central to the care of patients at the end of life. While providing such informal care can generate strong positive emotions, caring can be extremely stressful both mentally and physically. Support strategies are being devel...
Date:   May 2010
Title:   Foster care
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Foster care provides temporary homes for children or young people up to the age of 18 who are unable to live with their families. Children are placed in foster care because their families are not able to care for them for a short period of time. Foster care is not the same as permanent care or adoption. A foster carer and their family provide care, support and stability for a child or young person in their caring home environment. The length of stay can vary from a few days to several years.
Date:   Mar 2010

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