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‘Carers in Crisis’Committee hearing with carers in Adelaide
“Many carers are in crisis” and “lurch from one episode of respite to another with support programs barely able to cover their needs in between” according to the Carer Support Network of SA. The Carer Support Network of South Australia, among others, spoke with the House of Representatives Family and Community Committee at a public hearing in Adelaide on Wednesday 13 August for the committee’s inquiry into better support for carers. Carers are those who look after others, usually family members and friends with a chronic illness, disability or frailty. The Carer Support Network says that carers suffer failing health themselves, service gaps, bizarre funding arrangements and identified blame shifting between the state government and Canberra for the lack of support. Committee Chair, Annette Ellis (Member for Canberra, ACT) said that these difficulties were all too familiar and seemed to face carers across Australia. The public hearing in Adelaide offered an opportunity for carers in South Australia to let the committee know of the emotional, financial and social pressures carers face. As well as talking to carers groups, the federal parliamentary committee held a roundtable at which it asked carers for suggestions on how to make their work easier. Transcripts of the Adelaide hearing are available from the Committee's website. For more information please contact the Committee by phone on (02) 6277 4566 or by email fchy.reps@aph.gov.au or visit the Committee's website: www.aph.gov.au/fchy
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