The health challenges of parent carers Parent Carer health Please take 5 mins to answer these quick questions related to your health as a parent carer. Please feel free to add more details in the additional comments box. We would be really grateful if you could share this in any group you are in so we can get as many responses as possible. We will publish the results. * 1. Are you a parent carer Yes No * 2. Have you (and/or your partner) experienced ill health - you believe to be related to being a parent carer - in the past 5 years? Yes No Other (please specify) * 3. Do you believe your ill health is stress related or made worse by being stressed? Yes No Other (please specify) * 4. Do you think being a parent carer may not be directly responsible for your ill health but is having an impact on your ability to recover? Yes No Other (please specify) * 5. Please answer True or False to the following statement:"I don't know if I am ill because of caring for my child/young person but I suspect it's probably a huge factor" True False Not sure * 6. Have you told anyone about your ill health? Yes - family/friends Yes - Practitioner No * 7. If yes, did they offer any support? Yes - they were great Yes - but it was not the support I needed No * 8. If no, what stops you from confiding in people about your ill health? * 9. Do you have a network of support (family/friends) to call on? Yes No * 10. As a parent carer, right now, which of these is causing you stress? (Choose as many as apply) Education Health - your child Health - you or your partner Mental Health - your child Mental Health - you or your partner Social Care SEND Transport Employment - young adult Employment - you or your partner Transition to adulthood Finances Benefits Safeguarding issue Other (please specify in one or two words) * 11. Have you been offered a Carers Assessment in the last 5 years? Yes No Other (please specify) * 12. If yes, did anything change as a result? Yes No Other (please specify) * 13. Have you been prescribed anti depressants or anxiety medication in the last 5 years? Yes No Other (please specify) * 14. Any other comments * 15. Would you like to be involved in any further work we may be doing on parent carer health. If so, please provide us with an email address below. * 16. Would you be willing to share the details of your health issues, i.e. your diagnosis or symptoms? If so, please list them here. This is optional. Done
