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#carers — Public Fediverse posts

Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #carers, aggregated by home.social.

  1. Yarning circles raise concerns about repetition of Stolen Generations
    By Jodie Hamilton

    A research project is using yarning circles to hear community-based solutions to the rising number of Aboriginal children in child protection.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-11/sol

    #Children #ChildAbuse #ParentingChildren #Welfare #IndigenousCulture #Carers #JodieHamilton

  2. 'I started around the age of seven': The realities of being a young carer
    By Amy Sheehan

    Kenny and Naomi were both younger than 10 when they became carers for family members.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-07-14/wha

    #Carers #AmySheehan

  3. The state of young Australians
    A crisis of social reproduction

    * “Many Australian children struggle with their mental health. Recent data shows around one in seven children (13.9%) aged 4–17 experiences a diagnosable mental illness.”

    “…We estimated that reducing factors such as parental psychological distress, hostile parenting and partner violence could potentially prevent up to 40% of severe and persistent mental health problems in young Australians.” >>
    theconversation.com/to-improve

    * Young Australians kept in the dark
    Australia’s social media ban preventing teenagers from accessing the news, research finds >>
    theguardian.com/australia-news

    * Sydney mum reveals the huge cost of the school run (Young people's socialisation into (car) dependency)
    "She would easily spend $170 a week on petrol, and drives between 80km and 90km often six or seven days a week, depending on what’s on. In 2024, the average household should budget between $10,000 and $25,000 a year to own car." >>
    drive.com.au/caradvice/scool-r
    #SocialReproduction #StateRetreat #CareDeficit #MentalHealth #anxiety #children #parenting #carers #family #DomesticViolence #violence #suburbia #sprawl #cars #MobilityDesign #CarDependency #work #WageStagnation #inequality #housing #instability #DoubleBurden #financialisation #outsourcing #SocialMedia #MSM #independence #citizens

  4. From the 25% ME group:

    "This year we decided to focus on carers for our severe ME Awareness week"

    25megroup.org/campaigning/seve

    The financial information that makes up most of this page is on the UK system.

    #SevereMEDay #SevereME @mecfs
    #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #ChronicFatigueSyndrome #MEcfs #CFS #PwME #carers

  5. Interest in home-based care without carer burnout is steadily increasing - especially as assisted dying options and better death literacy increase in different countries.

    You can download the article at journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.11

    Got questions? I'm here to help.

    #GDEP #MallonModel #ComCom #VAD #MAID #AssistedDying #disability #carers #CarerBurnout #support #EndOfLife #EndOfLifeDoula #EOLD #DeathDoula

  6. Interest in home-based care without carer burnout is steadily increasing - especially as assisted dying options and better death literacy increase in different countries.

    You can download the article at journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.11

    Got questions? I'm here to help.

    #GDEP #MallonModel #ComCom #VAD #MAID #AssistedDying #disability #carers #CarerBurnout #support #EndOfLife #EndOfLifeDoula #EOLD #DeathDoula