Nutrition is an important but often hidden issue for carers and their families, with 60% of carers worrying about the nutrition of the person they care for.
Carers UK has teamed up with nutrition company Nutricia to produce information for carers and to help provide better support for carers around nutritional problems and eating difficulties.
- Eating well for carers
- Improving nutritional intake
- Maryann’s story
- Dementia and nutrition
- Signs of a problem
- Carers UK and Nutricia leaflets
- Nutrition resources
- Eating well and cancer
- Tube feeding and your child
- Nutrition: carers’ experiences
Caring for someone can be rewarding but it can also be very tiring, putting a lot of demand on your physical and emotional energy. When you are simply coping day to day and responding to the needs of others, it’s easy to forget your own health needs.
Research has found that caring for others can have a major impact on a person’s health and wellbeing. If you are a carer, you are more likely to be in poor health – both physically and mentally – than people without caring responsibilities.
- Let your GP know
- Getting enough sleep
- Caring for your back
- Coping with stress and depression
- Coping with guilt and resentment
- Flu jabs
- Taking a break
- Electronic patient records
- You and Your Wellbeing – our free online course
