Carer's Survey - do you provide care to someone who needs help with day-to-day living?

The Action Plan seeks to support carer wellbeing and ensure that the care role is sustainable. Carers are people who support friends, family, whānau and aiga who have a disability, health condition, illness, or injury and need help with day-to-day living.

In October last year, carers told the Ministry of Social Development (MSD) about their experiences and what they wanted to see in the new Action Plan.  In partnership with the Carers Alliance, MSD has used this information as well as research and advice provided by the people and organisations who work with carers, to write the draft Action Plan.

MSD wants all carers, families, whānau and aiga to tell us whether the draft Action Plan reflects what matters the most to them. The Discussion Document for the Action Plan can be found at www.msd.govt.nz/carers   along with a summary if you don’t want to read the whole Discussion Document.

For a list of workshop dates, venues and to register, go to https://careforcarers.nz/

You can also provide feedback by:

• Doing the online survey on www.msd.govt.nz/carers [from 1 July 2019]
• Emailing a written submission at carers.strategy@msd.govt.nz, or
• Writing to:  Carers’ Strategy Action Plan, Ministry of Social Development, P O Box 1556, Wellington 6140, New Zealand.