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Animation: Equal Partners in Care - Caring for Carers

This short animation will help health and social care staff recognise and reflect on opportunities they have to recognise and support unpaid carers – the essential first step to working alongside carers as equal partners in care.

Webinar: Carers: Recognition and Rights. Your contribution matters

This recorded webinar provides an introduction to conversations with carers and to their rights under the Carers (Scotland) 2016.

 

The following films feature real life carers and their own experiences. Some people may find the shared content difficult to listen to. If you share these films with your colleagues or Teams, please advise of the sensitive content.

 

NES Carers Film

This film gives an overview of carers experiences in being identified as a carer, the impact of caring, being included and supported.

Identifying unpaid carers

Unpaid carers share their experiences of how they came to the realisation they were a carer.

Impact of caring on unpaid carers

Unpaid carers share the impact of the care they deliver, from exhaustion to love and joy.

Including unpaid carers

Unpaid carers share their experiences of being excluded and the beneficial impact of being included in conversations around the person they care for.

Supporting unpaid carers

Unpaid carers share their experiences of the beneficial impact receiving support can have on their lives, often enabling them to continue caring.

Moving into a care home

Unpaid carers share their experiences of when the person they care for needs to move into a care home setting.

Experiencing bereavement and loss

Unpaid carers share their experiences of when the person they care for has died.