Carer Resources (CareSearch)

These CareSearch resources can be used to find the information that you identified by using the Needs Assessment Tool for Carers, or NAT-C.

Information Issues

• About Palliative Care
  This section explains what palliative care is and who provides this care
• Living with Illness
  This section looks at what needs to be considered and what needs to be done. It includes information on planning decisions and financial matters.
• Life, Hope and Reality
  This guide to living with advanced cancer provides information about cancer and about physical and emotional needs.
• Finding Services
  Provides information on state and national services and organisations

Practical Issues

• Looking After Someone
  Deals with issues relating to caring for someone including managing in the home, social support and respite (taking a break).
• Practical Caring Issues
  Covers practical issues such as transport and managing medications
• Getting Practical Help
• Life, Hope and Reality: The people who care
  This provides information on carer feelings and needs
• Print Resources
  Provides links to printable materials that carers may find helpful

Personal health and well-being

• Looking after yourself as a carer
• Life, Hope and Reality: The people who care
  This provides information on carer feelings and needs

Relationship Issues

• Why is communication important
  This section looks at how to talk about difficult things and tips for communicating
• Looking after yourself as a carer

Meaning Issues

• Specific Groups
  This looks at issues for particular groups such as those from a different culture or who are older.
• Life, Hope and Reality: Emotional needs
  Information on dignity and anxiety

Other Issues

• Family Carer's Need for Information
• Finding Out More
  Provides advice on how, and where, to look for good quality information

Last updated 22 August 2018