#carers — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #carers, aggregated by home.social.
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Yarning circles raise concerns about repetition of Stolen Generations
By Jodie HamiltonA research project is using yarning circles to hear community-based solutions to the rising number of Aboriginal children in child protection.
#Children #ChildAbuse #ParentingChildren #Welfare #IndigenousCulture #Carers #JodieHamilton
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'I started around the age of seven': The realities of being a young carer
By Amy SheehanKenny and Naomi were both younger than 10 when they became carers for family members.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-14/what-its-like-as-a-young-carer/106891386
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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.” >>
https://theconversation.com/to-improve-childrens-mental-health-start-by-supporting-their-parents-271944* Young Australians kept in the dark
Australia’s social media ban preventing teenagers from accessing the news, research finds >>
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/may/19/australias-social-media-ban-preventing-teens-from-accessing-the-news-research-finds* 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." >>
https://www.drive.com.au/caradvice/scool-run-australia-cost-2024/
#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 -
From the 25% ME group:
"This year we decided to focus on carers for our severe ME Awareness week"
https://25megroup.org/campaigning/severe-me-day-2025/
The financial information that makes up most of this page is on the UK system.
#SevereMEDay #SevereME @mecfs
#MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #ChronicFatigueSyndrome #MEcfs #CFS #PwME #carers -
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 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/26323524211052569
Got questions? I'm here to help.
#GDEP #MallonModel #ComCom #VAD #MAID #AssistedDying #disability #carers #CarerBurnout #support #EndOfLife #EndOfLifeDoula #EOLD #DeathDoula
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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 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/26323524211052569
Got questions? I'm here to help.
#GDEP #MallonModel #ComCom #VAD #MAID #AssistedDying #disability #carers #CarerBurnout #support #EndOfLife #EndOfLifeDoula #EOLD #DeathDoula