Tuesday, August 3, 2021

New report: International examples of measures to support unpaid carers during the COVID-19 pandemic – Resources to support community and institutional Long-Term Care responses to COVID-19

"Carers UK have conducted an online survey among 5,000 current and former family carers during the COVID-19 pandemic. The results among family carers in the United Kingdom show that are large proportion (70%) are providing more care because of the pandemic. Around a third report that their care responsibility has increased due to closure of community services. Almost 40 per cent express concern around their financial situation and over half of survey respondents agreed that they 'feel overwhelmed and […] worried that [they're] […] going to burnout in the coming weeks.'[6]"
https://ltccovid.org/2020/05/20/new-report-international-examples-of-measures-to-support-unpaid-carers-during-the-covid-19-pandemic/