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  • How to identify if someone, perhaps unknowingly, is a Carer?​

  • Do you feel like you could recognise the signs that someone might be a Carer?

  • What sort of little things would you look out for?

4. How to Identify if Someone is a Carer

Adult Carers

Adult Carers might show the following signs:

  • Isolation – not going out much when previously active

  • Not looking after their health, failing to make or keep GP/hospital appointments

  • Losing touch with friends and family

  • Conversation may be totally focused on the person they are caring for

  • Their home and garden isn’t maintained as well as it used to be

  • Being late for work, frequent absences from work or giving up work completely

  • Having to leave early for appointments/emergencies, saying no to invitations

  • Being defensive, angry or impatient

  • Not eating properly – losing weight or gaining weight

  • Not engaging in previous hobbies or interests

  • Giving up education, social groups or volunteering

  • Looking tired, or falling asleep when at work

  • Lack of concentration, being tearful or emotional

  • Struggling to look after children or grandchildren

 
Many of these signs can also be displayed in someone with a mental health problem such as anxiety or depression and it is always good practice to encourage anyone displaying these signs to visit their GP.

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