12/06/2024
4 years ago, when I started my , I didn't know what RTE Brainstorm was. But today, I am a featured writer, sharing my opinion on for . This represents not just my own growth as a researcher, but an opportunity to shed the light on both the challenges family carers face on a daily basis and the supports that they require. As a family carer myself, being able to bring to our work, our contribution to society and where we can be supported is a central part of my purpose. I hope that I have done this adequately in this article.
To note as well, this week is and so if you are a carer yourself, remember that I see you and walk with you. And if you know a family carer, this is a good time to recognise them with a note, a word of thanks or a gesture that lets them know that they are seen.
It is also a good time for our policy makers, legislators and formal health care providers to think about and action ways to make life better for family carers.
https://www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2024/0611/1454008-family-carers-online-support-groups/
Thanks to the Irish Research Council for supporting my research through grant GOIPG/2023/3175
University of Limerick Department of Psychology Roinn Sláinte, Department of Health National Carers Week Family Carers Ireland Carers Northern Ireland Alliance of Health Care Assistants in Ireland Family Carers Sligo Bluebird Care Dublin North Bluebird Care Dublin South National Alliance for Caregiving
These groups provide vital services and support to many of the 300,000 Irish people who are caring for a loved one
