Research on family carers, suicide, and homicide. Impact through the arts. Australian in the UK. Previously on Yuggera & Ngunnawal land. She/Her.
Jun 7, 2022 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
I've been doing research on the needs & experiences of unpaid carers for 12 years, across four countries.
For #CarersWeek, a 🧵of the Top 5 messages that have consistently come out of every piece of research I've done:
(1) Carers need respite. And that respite needs to be regular (weekly at a minimum) and fully funded.
(2) Carers want to stay in paid employment, but when that's not possible they need a Carer's Allowance (and/or other state support) that doesn't force them into poverty.
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Mar 26, 2020 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
Not sure why I'm so bothered about the lack of government support for UK family carers during the pandemic?
Here's why 👇👇👇
(1) Almost 9 million people in the UK provide unpaid care for family members and friends with long-term illnesses and disabilities 1/n(2) Their unpaid labour saves the British government £132 billion each year. That's £15 million every hour.
(3) This makes family carers the equivalent of a second NHS. 2/n
