More than 10,000 family and friend carers from across Australia – including nearly 2,000 in NSW - have asked for more acknowledgement and support in the 2024 National Carer Survey, for which first results were launched today by Carers NSW.
Nearly 1 in 2 carers who responded to the National Carer Survey said that they did not feel recognised and valued by their community or by government. Most respondents also stated that they were not asked about their own needs as carers when supporting the person they care for to access disability, mental health and health care services.
Around 1 in 3 First Nations carers told us that the mainstream services they access are not culturally safe, and while half of the young carers who responded had a teacher who was aware of their caring role, only 1 in 5 had received extra support at school.
These and other insights can be found in a series of downloadable fact sheets available now on the National Carer Survey page of the Carers NSW website.
Carers NSW thanks the thousands of carers who shared their experiences in the 2024 National Carer Survey and looks forward to generating and publishing more results in the coming months.
