1.0Carers Queenslandhttps://carersqld.com.auRosa Roishttps://carersqld.com.au/author/rrois/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content"><a href="https://carersqld.com.au/survey-of-family-and-friend-carers-reveals-them-doing-it-very-tough-during-covid-19-pandemic/">Survey of family and friend carers reveals them doing it very tough during COVID-19 pandemic</a></blockquote> <script type='text/javascript'> <!--//--><![CDATA[//><!-- /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,d){"use strict";var e=!1,n=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},!c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage)if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(t)if(t.secret||t.message||t.value)if(!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var r,a,i,s=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=0;o<n.length;o++)n[o].style.display="none";for(o=0;o<s.length;o++)if(r=s[o],e.source===r.contentWindow){if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(i=parseInt(t.value,10)))i=1e3;else if(~~i<200)i=200;r.height=i}if("link"===t.message)if(a=d.createElement("a"),i=d.createElement("a"),a.href=r.getAttribute("src"),i.href=t.value,i.host===a.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(!n){n=!0;for(var e,t,r=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=d.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),s=0;s<i.length;s++){if(!(e=i[s]).getAttribute("data-secret"))t=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t);if(r||a)(t=e.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),e.parentNode.replaceChild(t,e)}}}}(window,document); //--><!]]> </script><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://carersqld.com.au/survey-of-family-and-friend-carers-reveals-them-doing-it-very-tough-during-covid-19-pandemic/embed/" width="600" height="338" title="“Survey of family and friend carers reveals them doing it very tough during COVID-19 pandemic” — Carers Queensland" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe>https://carersqld.com.au/wp-content/uploads/iStock-1128680593-scaled-1.jpg25601709“A survey of family and friend carers conducted by the Caring Fairly campaign has revealed that, while the coronavirus and its consequences have impacted negatively on many Australians, family and friend carers of people with disability, mental illness, chronic illness and the frail aged have faced a very high level of challenges to their finances and wellbeing,” said Mary Reid, Interim CEO of Carers Australia. The survey, which was conducted over two weeks in April and May, reveals that: 42% have lost some/all of their regular income since the COVID-19 outbreak 40% say that they’ve had to work fewer hours because of the need to provide extra support to the person they care for, whereas about half that number have had to work fewer hours because their employers initiated a reduction in work hours 12% reported losing their job since COVID-19 86% of carers are now spending more money on livings costs, with the most common increases being grocery shopping (96%), cleaning (49.5%) and medication (40.5%) 60% said they had lost some or all of the supports for the person they care for and almost half reported losing supports for themselves 81% said their mental health had deteriorated since the […]