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Carers Week: How are you doing?

This week, 8th-14th June, is Carers Week. A carer is defined as someone who looking after a family member or friend who has a disability, mental or physical illness or who needs extra help as they grow older.
Being a carer can be a real strain at the best of times, however this is amplified during the global pandemic.
New figures released for Carers Week show
an estimated 4.5 million people in the UK have become unpaid carers as a result
of the Covid-19 pandemic.
This is on top of the 9.1 million unpaid carers who were already caring before the outbreak, bringing the total to 13.6 million.
2.7 million women (59%) and 1.8 million men (41%) have started caring for relatives who are older, disabled or living with a physical or mental illness.
Typically, they will have been supporting loved ones from afar, helping with food shopping, collecting medicine, managing finances and providing reassurance and emotional support during the pandemic.
How are you doing? What advice would you give to someone who has just become a carer? What things can you do to look after your wellbeing? Let us know in the comments below! This is on top of the 9.1 million unpaid carers who were already caring before the outbreak, bringing the total to 13.6 million.
2.7 million women (59%) and 1.8 million men (41%) have started caring for relatives who are older, disabled or living with a physical or mental illness.
Typically, they will have been supporting loved ones from afar, helping with food shopping, collecting medicine, managing finances and providing reassurance and emotional support during the pandemic.
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Caring for my mum taught me how to look after my autistic son – The Telegraph
0ver the past couple of months, whilst everyone has been deeply affected by the pandemic, unpaid carers like myself have been hit particularly hard. Research by Carers UK shows that more than a third of the UK’s estimated 7 million carers have lost support due to closures or reduction of support services.
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But despite it all we are happy and always have the attitude that there's always someone worse off.
One thing I will say about carers in general is that they save the country billions £ and its time that carers allowance was vastly increased.
please remember to look after yourself, you are important too! Thank you.
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Plus going through my own disability and son with autism😏
The only and best way to care for any person is to care how you would want to be cared for 🤗 ask yourself this question... Would you be happy with the care you give?
Only care from your heart and you will be rewarded by the most beautiful feeling from knowing they are happy because you have made them feel that way ❤
The smile they give you when you are in their presents will dissolve any bad day you thought you were going to have 🤗
Caring is the most rewarding job paid or unpaid you will ever experience, I'm not saying it isn't tough as some days are harder than others 🤗
There are some excellent virtual training courses for some disabilities available which I highly recommend if you really want to see the world as they do with thier disability ❤
I hope this helps people struggling x
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