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covers key challenges and tips including:
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has all you need to know about finding local services including:
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It is so important that you have support as a carer. This factsheet includes some great suggestions for finding and utilising your community.
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This is a helpful way to alert metropolitan or regional health services that you are from a rural area and what additional needs you might require.
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You can download all the Caring in the Country resources as a bundle on the Download Resources page.
"We hired some in-home nursing services but it was hard to get someone to travel so far and expensive. So we made a private arrangement with a local nurse who was fabulous."
"We relied on our local GP in between visits to Melbourne. I made sure I had phone numbers for our Melbourne health professionals and made sure I had plenty of supplies before I left."
"I remember feeling quite alone at times. People tended to stay away, but I would have liked people to come and just hang out with me."