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Who Cares for the carers? How we can best look after Australia’s carer community Across the country, over 10% of our total
Released by the Deeble Institute for Health
population provides unpaid care to loved ones
Policy Research, the Issues Brief ‘Prioritising
living with a chronic condition, disability, or illness,
carers’ health and wellbeing in the healthcare
often with no formal healthcare training. Carers
system’ examines the pressures carers are under,
are invaluable to those they are looking after,
the limited support currently available and how
but the role does not come without challenges.
clinicians and our health system can best safeguard
Carers may find that being a carer can negatively
their health and wellbeing.
impact their social and financial status as well as
This Brief was co-authored by 2023 Deeble
affect their mental and physical health. So how
Scholar Dr Natalie Winter from the Institute for
do we make sure that carers themselves are
Health Transformation at Deakin University. The
being cared for?
scholarship program is supported by HESTA. ha
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The Health Advocate • NOVEMBER 2023
