Feedback from Facilitators & Families about Online Caring for Carers Experience By Dani Himmelman Coordinator Families Matter In Mental Health Schizophrenia Society of Nova Scotia Two online programs were delivered in Nova Scotia, Canada, between May and July 2020: The Covid-19 outbreak has prevented in-person Caring for Carers programs (known in Nova Scotia as […]
The NHS has produced a new simple guide to video consulting. In addition there are resources on this site to help patients to use video technology to seek help and support.
Figures released this summer from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show that rates of depression have doubled in their survey group during the COVID-19 pandemic. The figures are based on the number of adults reporting depressive symptoms in Great Britain between 4 and 14 June 2020, based on the Opinions and Lifestyle Survey. This […]
Two new research reports were published this month by the Universities of Birmingham and Sheffield, in partnership with Carers UK, in the Sustainable Care programme’s Care Matters series: Caring and COVID-19 – Loneliness and the use of services Caring and COVID-19 – Financial wellbeing These reports look at unpaid carers’ personal experiences during April and […]
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) have published new data on the impact of COVID-19 on caring. Their findings show: Before the pandemic about 11% of adults provided care for an elderly, disabled or ill person living outside their household. This compares to the new ONS figures which found that almost half (48%) of UK […]