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Caregiving is difficult. Anyone who has ever been a caregiver or knows a caregiver knows how challenging it can be to balance the onslaught of information to parse and tasks to do, all while trying to manage your own life.

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Making a better carer ecosystem

Behind each and every patient is a person who cares for them. It is time to recognize the role family carers, also known as unpaid carers, play in society and support them at each step in their caregiving journey.

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The Embracing Carers® Story

Embracing Carers® aims to fill the need for better support and recognition of carers. We are focused on improving carers’ health and wellness, while increasing awareness and support for them within healthcare systems around the globe.

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Did you know?

How much do you know about the lives of carers? The following facts should give you a clearer understanding of why the work we do through Embracing Carers® matters. It is our goal to research the problems and work towards solutions to improve the lives of those who care for others.

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One in five

unpaid carers across the globe started their responsibilities as a result of the pandemic.1

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81%

say they have had to sacrifice more of their personal life for the individual(s) they care for since the pandemic began.1

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28.3 hours a week

Is the average time unpaid carers provide a week as a result of the pandemic. This is a jump from the 16.6 hours spent a week pre-pandemic.1

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Three in four

say caring for someone during the pandemic has caused them to feel more burnt out than ever before.1

1. Embracing Carers. Carer Well-being Index. Available online here. [Last accessed: September 2022]

Give yourself a break

Trying to maintain self-care whilst caring for somebody else can be challenging. We all have personal responsibilities outside of our carer lives, so we have brought together some tips and advice to hopefully help you manage a little better.

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Why care for carers

Carers need support now more than ever. We have lots of research and data that will help you and others to understand the need to provide a better, more sustainable environment for carers around the world. With lots of factual reports and data snapshots to learn from, we hope to give you an insight into the problems carers face daily.

Embracing Carers’ partner organisations

We are guided by organizations around the world that work every day to support the well-being of carers and patients and aid the work we do at Embracing Carers®.

Embracing Carers® Advisor Groups

Thankfully, there are many carer and patient organizations around the world that are supporting carers through direct services, advocacy activities and awareness campaigns. Together, we are working to raise awareness of issues facing carers across the globe. Learn more about these organizations, and the carers they represent.

Caregiver Action Network (CAN) serves a broad spectrum of family caregivers ranging from the parents of children with significant health needs, to the families and friends of wounded soldiers; from a young couple dealing with a diagnosis of MS, to adult children caring for parents with Alzheimer’s disease. CAN (the National Family Caregivers Association) is a non-profit organization providing education, peer support, and resources to family caregivers across the US free of charge.

Carers Australia is the national peak body representing Australia’s carers, advocating on behalf of Australia’s carers to influence policies and services at a national level. It works collaboratively with partners and its member organizations, the Network of state and territory Carers Associations, to deliver a range of essential national carer services.

Carers Canada is a coalition dedicated to increasing awareness and recognition of caregivers across the country. Carers Canada leads federal advocacy initiatives and national awareness campaigns recognizing the vital role of caregivers in our health and social care systems and to our country’s economic well-being. Managed through the Canadian Home Care Association, Carers Canada is a priority initiative in our goal to create an integrated health and social care system that provides seamless patient- and family-centred care that is accessible, accountable, evidence-informed and sustainable.

Established in 1965, Carers UK is the UK’s only national membership charity for carers, offering a supportive community and leading a movement for change. Its mission is to make life better for carers, through giving expert advice, information and support; connecting carers so no one has to care alone; campaigning together for lasting change; and innovating to find new ways to reach and support carers.

Carers Worldwide develops and promotes cost effective, sustainable and easily replicable methods of providing support to carers in low- and middle-income countries. It aims to enable service providers, policy makers and other stakeholders to recognize and respond to the needs of carers, ensuring balance and equal value is given to the needs of the carer and the person receiving care. Carers Worldwide currently has programs in India, Nepal and Bangladesh.

Eurocarers is a European network representing informal carers and their organizations, seeking to advance the recognition of informal care acting on behalf of all carers, former carers, and their organizations, irrespective of their age or the particular health need of the person they are caring for. Eurocarers brings together carers’ organizations as well as relevant universities and research institutes to ensure that care is valued and unpaid care is recognized as central to the sustainability of health and long term care systems.

Established in 2012, IACO serves as an umbrella organization advocating for carers at an international level. A dynamic coalition of carer organizations IACO facilitates strategic collaboration and inclusive dialogue to inform and shape carer-inclusive policies and programming. Our goal is the creation of a global carer strategy and action plan that will foster a commitment to action and ensure the inclusion of carers’ experiences and voices in health and social systems planning.

Established in 1996, the National Alliance for Caregiving is a non-profit coalition of national organizations focusing on advancing family caregiving through research, innovation, and advocacy in the US The Alliance conducts research, does policy analysis, develops national best-practice programs, and works to increase public awareness of family caregiving issues.

The Shanghai branch of Roots & Shoots was founded as a volunteer organization in November, 1999. Five years later, in November, 2004, Roots & Shoots was granted a Non-Profit Organization status by the Shanghai Municipality Government. The program aims to foster respect and compassion for all living things, to promote understanding of all cultures and beliefs, and to empower and inspire individuals to take action to make a positive difference in our world.

GL-NONPR-00304 [September 2022]

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