Improving counselling, mental health support and respite for Unpaid carers

Overview

The Department of Health, Disability and Ageing (the department) and project partner Nous Group (Nous) invite unpaid carers from across Australia to participate in the implementation of the National Carer Strategy 2024-2034 National Carer Final Strategy.

Unpaid carers are people who take care of someone, such as a family member or friend, without being paid. The person they care for might have a disability, medical condition or mental health challenges. They might be living with dementia or require some extra help because they are older.  

To inform the development of actions under the National Carer Strategy Action Plan 2024-2027 National Carer Strategy Action Plan - English, we have developed a survey to capture the voices of unpaid carers.

This survey has a focus on: 

• How to improve counselling and mental health support
• Exploring options to improve access to respite for unpaid carers
• Ways to appropriately support unpaid carers from First Nations, culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) and LGBTQIA+ communities, carers with disability, carers of veterans, and young carers.