National Carers Week 2022

This year we celebrate National Carers Week 16 – 22 October 2022. It is a week to recognise and celebrate our 2.65 million carers across Australia who provide care and support to a family member or friend.

About Carers and National Carers Week

Carers are people who provide unpaid care and support to family members and friends who have a disability, mental health condition, chronic condition, terminal illness, an alcohol or other drug issue or who are frail aged – anyone at any time can become a carer.

National Carers Week is an opportunity to raise community awareness among all Australians about the diversity of carers and their caring roles.

National Carers Week is an initiative of Carers Australia, funded by the Australian Government Department of Social Services, and coordinated with the assistance and participation of the National Carer Network.

This year, the theme for the week is ‘Millions of reasons to care’. This theme aims to broaden the communities understanding of the caring role, increase carer identification and provide the community with more reasons to care about carers.

To learn more visit the National Carers Week website.

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