Cheshire East Unpaid Carers Questionnaire
A carer is anyone, including children and adults who looks after a family member, partner or friend who needs help because of their illness, frailty, disability, a mental health problem or an addiction and cannot cope without their support. The care they give is unpaid. When we refer to carers in this document, this is inclusive of both adult and young carers.
It’s likely that every one of us will have caring responsibilities at some time in our lives, with the challenges faced by carers taking many forms. Many carers juggle their caring responsibilities with work, study and other family commitments. Some, in particular younger carers, are not known to be carers. They don’t tell relatives, friends or health and care professionals about their responsibilities because of a fear of separation, guilt, pride or other reasons.
This means that the sort of roles and responsibilities that carers have to provide varies widely. They can range from help with everyday tasks such as getting out of bed and personal care such as bathing, to emotional support such as helping someone cope with the symptoms of a mental illness
It can be difficult for carers to see their caring role as separate from the relationship they have with the person for whom they care, whether that relationship is as a parent, child, sibling, partner, or a friend.
We are reviewing how we reach out to unpaid carers, and your experiences as an unpaid carer are important to us in shaping how services are delivered to our carers in Cheshire East.
You can help us to do this by completing this survey, the questions are intended to see how services are for you now and the kind of services you would like in the future.
Sharing your experience of caring and of services across Cheshire East helps us capture and use evidence to improve and adapt services to meet your future needs. This survey does not ask for your name or contact details. Thank you for taking the time to provide us with your views.
https://surveys.cheshireeast.gov.uk/s/CarersExperienceSurvey2021/
The survey will run from 10th February 2021 through to the 31st March 2021