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Topic Tuesday // "You don't have to be isolated as a carer" // Tues 26th October, 7pm-8:30pm AEDT

DaisydreamerSenior Contributor18 Oct 2021, 9:52 am AEDT

Topic Tuesday // "You don't have to be isolated as a carer" // Tues 26th October, 7pm-8:30pm AEDT

Hi Forums Community,

This fortnight we are joined by one of our Peer Ambassador's talking about moving from isolation to connection as a carer.

Isolation as a carer is one of the big challenges we hear about on the Friends, Family and Carers Forum. Often others around carers may not understand what they are going through, which is where finding peers and peer support can be pivotal for so many.

This discussion will talk about the role of peer support in connecting carers and creating supportive relationships. We will also talk about the isolation and challenges experienced by carers in regional, rural and remote areas, and the additional challenges faced during the Covid-19 Pandemic.

Please join us here on Tuesday 26th October 2021 from 7:00pm-8:30pm AEDT to talk about finding connection and peer support as a carer.

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BPDSurvivorSenior Contributor26 Oct 2021, 7:19 pm AEDT

Re: Topic Tuesday // "You don't have to be isolated as a carer" // Tues 26th October, 7pm-8:30pm AEDT

Through experience, I have found carers more readily 'accepted' by society if their child has a physical disability as opposed to a mental one.

Did you feel this @SA64 ?

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DaisydreamerSenior Contributor26 Oct 2021, 7:20 pm AEDT

Re: Topic Tuesday // "You don't have to be isolated as a carer" // Tues 26th October, 7pm-8:30pm AEDT

Question 1b) What have been some of the challenges in accessing services for carers?

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Unknown userMember26 Oct 2021, 7:20 pm AEDT

Re: Topic Tuesday // "You don't have to be isolated as a carer" // Tues 26th October, 7pm-8:30pm AEDT

Hi @BPDSurvivor, it's great to see you here this evening. Will be helpful to hear from you as someone who works with carers

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Shaz51Senior Contributor26 Oct 2021, 7:20 pm AEDT

Re: Topic Tuesday // "You don't have to be isolated as a carer" // Tues 26th October, 7pm-8:30pm AEDT

My biggest challenge @Daisydreamer , @Former-Member , @SA64 , @BPDSurvivor for me as a carer for my mum is is seeing the change in my mum which she would never have done in her life

As a wife of someone with a mental illness but not classed as a carer finding it hard to having me

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SA64Contributor26 Oct 2021, 7:21 pm AEDT

Re: Topic Tuesday // "You don't have to be isolated as a carer" // Tues 26th October, 7pm-8:30pm AEDT

Question 1b) What have been some of the challenges in accessing services for carers?

There was NOTHING for carers in my area at all, (as far as I knew). I was never told there was actually carer support. I didn’t know anything existed in that space. So, between the stigma and misunderstanding of mental illness, and the lack of services, it was almost like being cut off entirely from any support.

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BPDSurvivorSenior Contributor26 Oct 2021, 7:23 pm AEDT

Re: Topic Tuesday // "You don't have to be isolated as a carer" // Tues 26th October, 7pm-8:30pm AEDT

Thanks for sharing Mum @Shaz51 . Through your posts in the forums, we can really see how being a carer can be so taxing. I'm sure it is also rewarding, yet I acknowledge how challenging it can be.

My hats off to all carers.

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SA64Contributor26 Oct 2021, 7:24 pm AEDT

Re: Topic Tuesday // "You don't have to be isolated as a carer" // Tues 26th October, 7pm-8:30pm AEDT

@BPDSurvivor Interestingly enough, my child has disability and then developed complex mental health issues and YES for sure, disability is almost more 'acceptable' more 'mainstream' maybe, where there is so much misunderstanding around mental health issues.

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BPDSurvivorSenior Contributor26 Oct 2021, 7:25 pm AEDT

Re: Topic Tuesday // "You don't have to be isolated as a carer" // Tues 26th October, 7pm-8:30pm AEDT

I can definitely see that @SA64 . Such limited support for carers.

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Shaz51Senior Contributor26 Oct 2021, 7:26 pm AEDT

Re: Topic Tuesday // "You don't have to be isolated as a carer" // Tues 26th October, 7pm-8:30pm AEDT

Very true @SA64

There is nothing for me as a carer in the rural area and I can not drive so this is soo isolating

Also with family members, there usually leave it all up to you the carer which I am finding hard @Daisydreamer , @BPDSurvivor , @Former-Member

Hello @Mumslove

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Unknown userMember26 Oct 2021, 7:26 pm AEDT

Re: Topic Tuesday // "You don't have to be isolated as a carer" // Tues 26th October, 7pm-8:30pm AEDT

Noticing, as well as living with, those changes is really tough @Shaz51 To know the person they were, to see that still there but slipping...is that something you can relate to too?

Did you mean not being classed as a carer by the government?

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