Young carer

Responsibilities may range from providing practical support such as helping to cook, clean or wash, giving personal care, emotional support, providing medication or helping with financial chores.

The person they care for may be a parent, a partner, their own child, a sibling,[3] another family member, a friend or someone who does not necessarily live in the same house as them.

There are support programs to assist young carers both emotionally and financially with day-to-day tasks and making decisions.

[8] Research has also shown that young primary carers are more likely to be Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islanders or be of a culturally or linguistically diverse background than non-carers of the same age.

They found that young carers wanted support to be well signposted and accessible, empathetic, trustworthy and confidential.