Health Talk Online – Advice to Carers

Health Talk Online have produced six videos of carers sharing advice for other carers. Some of the issues explored are:

• the extreme feelings experienced by carers
• the cost to the carer's health 
• how others do not understand the caring role
• the benefits of talking with other carers
• maintaining a caring role once the person is in care
• ensuring knowledge is passed on to the care staff
• how the carer is the expert - their voice must be heard
• being prepared to challenge and speak up if necessary
• carers need for a checklist of information from day one