Is caring a health hazard? The mental health and vitality of carers of a person with a disability in Australia. Med J Aust 2009; 190:S61-65.Edwards B, Higgins DJ. Is caring a health hazard? The mental health and
Australia is a multicultural nation with a humanitarian program that welcomes a large number of Iraqi refugees. Despite the high prevalence of trauma related disorders, professional help-seeking in this group is very low. This study sought to evaluate a face-to-face mental health literacy (MHL) ...
The study investigated the self-assessed mental and general health status of informal carers in Australia. It evaluated the influence of carer's health behaviours, namely physical activity, smoking and drinking status, along with their social connectedness and workforce engagement on their health status...
Mental healthGeneral healthHealth behaviour and informal carers ageBackground: The study investigated the self-assessed mental and general health status of informal carers in Australia. It evaluated the influence of carer's health behaviours, namely: physical activity, smoking and drinking status; along...
Caring For The Carers Of Those With Mental Illness, AustraliaUniversity of Queensland
It is estimated that the cost equivalent of informal care is AUD 77.9 billion annually, or 1% of the total GDP of Australia [3]. Empirical evidence from international studies shows that many informal carers, compared to non-carers, experience considerable health, social, and economic disadvantages...
Neami National, Neami National Head Office, 4-8 Water Road, Preston, VIC 3072, Australia 4 Consumer and Carers Advisory Group, South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed. ...
The importance of engaging with carers and family is also noted in many western government policy and procedures, for example, in the UK [11] the USA [12], New Zealand and Australia [13], Canada [14], Norway [15] and worldwide [16]. A carer is defined as ". . . someone who is...
Australia 4 College of Business, Government and Law, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia; ilke.onur@flinders.edu.au 5 Flinders University Institute of Mental Health and Wellbeing, Flinders University, ...