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// Online Event // Our rights as mental health carers - with Mental Health Carers NSW // Tues, Oct 27th 7-8.30pm AEDT

// Online Event // Our rights as mental health carers - with Mental Health Carers NSW // Tues, Oct 27th 7-8.30pm AEDT

Hey there to all the wonderful Carer's 👋🧘🏻‍♂️

Come and join us as we have a text-based chat with our friends at Mental Health Carers NSW about our basic rights as Carer's. We will break down some of the jargon, and share strategies with one another on some of the resources available to us as Carer's working alongside our Carer's rights. You can read more about Carer Rights here ❤️

Join us right here in this thread for a 1.5 hour text-based discussion.

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In response to: // Online Event // Our rights as mental health carers - with Mental Health Carers NSW // Tues, Oct 27th 7-8.30pm AEDT

Re: // Online Event // Our rights as mental health carers - with Mental Health Carers NSW // Tues, Oct 27th 7-8.30pm AEDT

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In response to: // Online Event // Our rights as mental health carers - with Mental Health Carers NSW // Tues, Oct 27th 7-8.30pm AEDT

Re: // Online Event // Our rights as mental health carers - with Mental Health Carers NSW // Tues, Oct 27th 7-8.30pm AEDT

Access to carer and mental health services had decreased due to COVID-19, but there was also an increased need for carer and/or consumer services due to the pandemic
Many services have replaced face to face supports with online and telehealth options, are in the process of adopting online/telehealth services, or have ceased and are not providing online/telehealth alternatives.
Some carers and consumers value and are utilising online/telehealth options.
Some carers indicated that these supports are not as helpful or as good as face to face services.

In response to: // Online Event // Our rights as mental health carers - with Mental Health Carers NSW // Tues, Oct 27th 7-8.30pm AEDT

Re: // Online Event // Our rights as mental health carers - with Mental Health Carers NSW // Tues, Oct 27th 7-8.30pm AEDT

Here is our webpage with a pretty good overview of a range of good supports including some for help with service navigation: https://www.mentalhealthcarersnsw.org/useful-services/

In response to: Re: // Online Event // Our rights as mental health carers - with Mental Health Carers NSW // Tues, Oct 27th 7-8.30pm AEDT

Re: // Online Event // Our rights as mental health carers - with Mental Health Carers NSW // Tues, Oct 27th 7-8.30pm AEDT

And of course to help find support for your loved ones, Being's new warm line for mental health supports: https://beingsupported.org.au/
1800 151 151

In response to: Re: // Online Event // Our rights as mental health carers - with Mental Health Carers NSW // Tues, Oct 27th 7-8.30pm AEDT

Re: // Online Event // Our rights as mental health carers - with Mental Health Carers NSW // Tues, Oct 27th 7-8.30pm AEDT

Thank you @JH_MHCN 😊

Thank you @Former-Member 💐

Thank you @Shaz51 for reminding me about this ❣️

Thanks everyone 🤗

In response to: Re: // Online Event // Our rights as mental health carers - with Mental Health Carers NSW // Tues, Oct 27th 7-8.30pm AEDT

Re: // Online Event // Our rights as mental health carers - with Mental Health Carers NSW // Tues, Oct 27th 7-8.30pm AEDT

What has the caring experience been like during COVID19? Are there any resources or supports you believe could help the carer community during the pandemic? Share your own tips and ideas.

with us living in rural queensland we did not feel it as much as in the cities ,

we still were able to do some of our self employed jobs as they were not in contact with customers , there was some jobs we could not do but overall it was ok

and because we were able to sit in our yard and my mr shaz is really a homeboby and loves being at home @JH_MHCN , @Former-Member , @Anastasia , @Schitzo , @Former-Member

In response to: // Online Event // Our rights as mental health carers - with Mental Health Carers NSW // Tues, Oct 27th 7-8.30pm AEDT

Re: // Online Event // Our rights as mental health carers - with Mental Health Carers NSW // Tues, Oct 27th 7-8.30pm AEDT

@Anastasia I am sorry to hear headspace didn't work out. I hope he does find other services in the youth space that are helpful to him. Everyone deserves support. @Shaz51 Good to hear he is curious

Thank you @JH_MHCN
I am keen to know also before we wrap up 🙂 ...

What are some easily accessible resources you’ve come across for people trying to navigate care for someone living with a mental health issue?

In response to: Re: // Online Event // Our rights as mental health carers - with Mental Health Carers NSW // Tues, Oct 27th 7-8.30pm AEDT

Re: // Online Event // Our rights as mental health carers - with Mental Health Carers NSW // Tues, Oct 27th 7-8.30pm AEDT

I know what you mean! I LOOOVE to WFH! 🙂

In response to: Re: // Online Event // Our rights as mental health carers - with Mental Health Carers NSW // Tues, Oct 27th 7-8.30pm AEDT

Re: // Online Event // Our rights as mental health carers - with Mental Health Carers NSW // Tues, Oct 27th 7-8.30pm AEDT

@JH_MHCN, have you got a queensland link too as well as the NSW link

In response to: Re: // Online Event // Our rights as mental health carers - with Mental Health Carers NSW // Tues, Oct 27th 7-8.30pm AEDT

Re: // Online Event // Our rights as mental health carers - with Mental Health Carers NSW // Tues, Oct 27th 7-8.30pm AEDT

At the risk of self-promotion, here are our useful resources and guide's to others:
Advocacy Toolkit:

https://www.mentalhealthcarersnsw.org/carer-advocacy-toolkit/

Advocacy Resources Libruary (NSW Health Docs etc.):

https://www.mentalhealthcarersnsw.org/advocacy-resource-library/

Carer’s Rights:

https://www.mentalhealthcarersnsw.org/carer-rights/


Resources for carers:

https://www.mentalhealthcarersnsw.org/information-hub-2/arafmi-brochures/

Useful services: https://www.mentalhealthcarersnsw.org/useful-services/

NDIS https://www.mentalhealthcarersnsw.org/the-ndis-and-carers/
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