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Kam09Casual Contributor

Hello

Hello Carer families,

I am very new to this forum and wanted to connect with carers caring for mental health family.

I have been caring for my husband for many years and have been working, he has also been working but until recent times his cognitive abilities are on the decline. For many years my husband was able to manage himself but as I see his decline I feel I need to get more involved in his treatment and make myself be aware of what resources are there that can help me including counselling services for carers, any financial help I can get (as currently I am paying much of the cost in his treatment), and any other resources, like upcoming forums (but i saw there is a tab for forums). I also was interested to know about recommended psychiatrists - any discussions you are aware of that can help me navigate this info. Any in person events for carers to connect?

thank you heaps!

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In response to: Hello

Kam09Casual Contributor

Re: Hello

Hello @Shaz51

Thank you for your message and checking in on me😊 hope you are well as well.

I think I missed the 17 Jan coffee catch up but if there is one soon let me know, I would love to connect and explore all resources available for those supporting mental health family members.

Also what is the process of joining these coffee captchups?

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Shaz51Senior Contributor

Re: Hello

Hello @Kam09 , we can chat anytime here , just tag me and so I can see your message and I will reply xx

How is your weekend going my friend 🧡

The coffee and chat days I do Wednesday, Friday and Saturday and Sunday , so I can tag you to them on the day xx

@tyme , @MatchaToad

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