Australian Carers Guide SA/ NT

The Australian Carers Guide is our countries first and only publication focusing on you, the informal family carer. The overarching theme of our content and the resources and services we provide is all tempered with your physical, financial, mental, spiritual, and emotional wellbeing. The Australian Carers Guide is a new and independent quarterly publication created specifically for today’s family carers especially those caring for their aging parent, spouse or an elderly loved one. The ACG is jam packed full of practical and helpful content that is simple to read and designed to help you navigate through the caregiving journey. We achieve this by confronting the most common challenges and offer a new and fresh approach that will help ease the burdens. We deliver unique insights, creative solutions and helpful perspectives that will make a real difference in your daily life. Paul Koury - Publisher

Diabetes: 6 steps to healthier eating • How choosing the right food can help you manage your diabetes

Abuse is Abuse If you see something, say something • The National Elder Abuse Prevalence Study: Final Report released in December 2021 by the Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS), tells us that abuse is experienced by an estimated 14.8% of people over the age of 65, equating annually to more than 200,000 older people being directly impacted.

FROM ROLE TO Soul • Becoming a carer, or requiring a carer, is another transition in life that may come gradually or suddenly in midlife and beyond. But when it happens, we’re instantly uprooted and transplanted into foreign territory. Our former aptitudes and strengths may no longer matter; your vulnerabilities once hidden, may roar to the surface. But given the new longevity of our population, there will undoubtedly be a time when we will either need to give care or will need to receive care.

What happens when your parents DIE IN DEBT? • Children are often concerned about what happens with their parents’ debts should they pass away. A common concern is that the family may be personally responsible for the repayment of Mum and Dad’s debts.

Myths & Warning Signs of Dementia

Travelling & Holidays with Dementia • Living with dementia does not mean you cannot travel. Travelling can be stressful and challenging but it can also be a very rewarding experience. Planning ahead can help ensure you have the best possible experience.

Finding a service I didn’t know existed • “It’s not the physical stress, it’s more the mental stress of it. It wears you down, it really wears you down,”says Adriana who is an unpaid Carer for her elderly parents.

Carers SA are here to help • People become Carers in different ways. Sometimes they start helping someone out bit by bit. Sometimes it happens suddenly, because of an accident or illness. Carers can be any age. Parents, grandparents, partners, siblings, friends and neighbours may all take on a caring role at some point in their life. There are more than 245,000 Carers in South Australia.

Carers SA - Here for you

MERCURY • The menace in your mouth?

How Embracing Technology Keeps you Young • New technologies are being invented all the time. Keeping up with it all can sometimes feel too hard, especially if life is already busy. Why should you get on board with the latest app or the next new gadget? Won’t it just mean wasting time and money on something you don’t even need?

Should you Keep or Sell your home • It’s amazing the number of people who believe that you have to sell your home when you move into aged care. When asked who will force them to sell the answer is typically either the government or the aged care home. It’s a myth.

A Lighter side to caring • Caring for our elderly loved one is not all doom and gloom. Many of us often find that...