Health & Wellbeing
Irish Carers Association National Freephone Careline: 1800 24 07 24 As a not-for-profit organisation, we support family carers and young carers through the provision of free emergency care planning, counselling, specialised training and education programmes, wellbeing support, crisis management, emergency respite/respite provision, advocacy, peer support groups information on rights and entitlements and many other worthwhile initiatives. The key objective of Family Carers Ireland is to benefit the community by supporting and promoting the health, wellbeing and quality of life of family carers and those for whom they care. We strive to promote carer resilience by enabling all family carers to: • Be confident in their individual carer roles; • Establish and maintain a regular caring routine; • Feel listened to, valued and not alone; • Be able to access relevant training, guidance and support; • Be informed of their rights and entitlements; • Meet and speak with their peers in a safe, relaxed environment; • Take a break from a demanding and stressful caring role; • Know where to seek additional support from the State and their community; • Access emergency supports when needed
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