Support for Carers
Aged care organisations in Australia - quick reference list
Trying to co-ordinate services and get the help you need can be confusing. A number of key organisations will be able to help you.
Grief and loss: How to support a grieving parent
If you are caring for a parent who has lost a spouse it can be difficult to know how to help. Whilst coping with your own feelings of grief and loss you may find it hard to know how to comfort a surviving parent.
Dementia Advisory Services
Dementia Advisory Services help carers and people living with dementia access dementia advice, information and support.
Carer respite - How to organise respite care and get a break from caring
An invaluable and often under utilised resource for carers is respite care. Respite care gives carers a break from the caring role.
Grief and loss: Coping with the loss of a parent
However much we anticipate losing our parents, when the time comes the complex emotions felt can take us by surprise.
Caregiving: How to cope with caregiver guilt
As a caregiver you may be experiencing ongoing feelings of anxiety and guilt. Unless you learn to tackle these feelings from the beginning you could be at risk of caregiver stress and depression.
Carer stress and burnout
Caring for a loved one, although rewarding, can be challenging. Attempting to juggle extended roles whilst caring for a family member can cause many problems for carers.
Dementia care: How to get support from friends and family
This is an edited extract from A Carer’s Guide: Helping you care for someone with Alzheimer’s or other dementias by Rosette Teitel and Sharon Wall is reproduced with the permission of Finch Publishing.
The entertainment media have given us an idealised version of family life. In reality, things don’t work out as easily as they do on TV and in movies.
If unresolved issues create unpleasant undercurrents at gatherings such as Christmas, they really come to the surface during a family crisis.
Coping with the move into residential care
The move into residential care is a major transition for all the family. Some people happily plan for their future and choose to move into an aged care home while others despite becoming increasingly frail prefer to remain at home.
Caregiver stress and how to avoid it
When your loved one is first diagnosed with dementia, each member of your family (and good friends) will experience their own emotions about this. One of the most common effects that can arise at some point is stress.
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