Are you a carer in your 30s, 40s or 50s? Do you feel left out by carers’ organisations?
Date: Friday, April 13th 2012
Categories: All Leicestershire Activities & Events Groups & Forums
Diane Claridge from the Support for Carers team asks...
Are we missing something?
As I was driving back from the Bottesford Time Out for Carers Group last week I was listening to the Jeremy Vine show on Radio 2.
He was interviewing a man from Lincolnshire whose wife had early onset dementia and was now living in a residential care home despite only being in her early 40s. This prompted several other people to call in who had similar experiences caring for a loved one who had illnesses or disabilities in their 30s, 40s or 50s. One gentleman said he felt that ‘younger’ carers were not catered for by carers’ organisations. He commented that there is support for Young Carers (under 18) and he had tried local carers groups but had found it was mainly more mature people attending who he could not relate to.
This made me wonder if we are missing something at Support for Carers Leicestershire and whether there is a group of carers who may be feeling isolated because they work or their contemporaries are working and people generally don’t understand their home situation.
If this sounds like you we would love to hear from you to see if there is some kind of support network we could set up?
Maybe an online forum or an evening social group would suit you, let us know your thoughts and ideas so we can see how we can help.
The following support is already available:
Younger Parkinson's Network (Leicestershire)
Contact Gina Ward on 0116 231 2911
Alzheimer's Society
Contact Laurie Woodruff – 0116 231 1114
YPWD – Younger People with Dementia (daytime) Social Group
Support group for carers of younger people with dementia - to meet with their partners for activities, social events etc.
YPWD (evening) carers' group
Opportunity for carers to meet, share experiences , speakers, outings etc.
www.alzheimers.org.uk
Talking Point – this is an online forum with various topics specifically for younger people with early onset dementia and their carers.
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