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CarerHelp celebrates its’ second birthday and reaching 30,000 Australians!

CareSearch Director and CarerHelp National Reference Group Member Professor Jennifer Tieman talks about National Carers Week, and how CarerHelp is part of the caring network for carers and families caring for someone at the end of life.

The new CarerHelp Information Pack, developed by the CareSearch Project Team, will assist specialist palliative care services and their staff to support family carers who are caring for a person at the end of life.

Caring for someone at the end of life is challenging. CareSearch Director and CarerHelp National Reference Group Member Professor Jennifer Tieman talks about why we need to empower family carers with information and practical advice. She also discusses how the new CarerHelp Information Pack developed by the CareSearch team at Flinders University will help.

Associate Professor Mark Boughey, Director of Palliative Care at St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne and CarerHelp Diversity Project Lead, shares his personal experience as a carer for his partner Leonard. He discusses why it is important for palliative care to be safe and inclusive for everyone, particularly for diverse and underserved communities.

Centre for Culture Ethnicity and Health Manager Bernice Murphy shares her personal experience as an end-of-life carer for her Mum. She discusses why developing tailored information resources and communication strategies are critical for engaging our cultural communities.

In the first article for the series, CarerHelp Diversity Project Lead Associate Professor Mark Boughey from St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne talks about his experience as a carer, and how the project.

In the second article for our CarerHelp Diversity series, Centre for Palliative Care Senior Research Fellow Tina Thomas discusses how the project will co-develop tailored information resources.

In the third article for our CarerHelp Diversity series. CarerHelp Project Officer Di Saward, from the Centre for Palliative Care, discusses the research and scoping study being conducted to inform the development of tailored resources.

Barbara Dobson, Manager of the Eastern Metro Palliative Care Consortium in Victoria, discusses the key needs of carers, and why tailored resources are critical. This article is the fourth for our CarerHelp Diversity series.