Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander carers provide unpaid care and support to family members and friends who have a disability, mental illness, chronic condition, terminal illness or who are frail aged.
14% of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population are carers, compared to 10.5% of the non-Indigenous Australian population*.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander carers living in regional, rural, and remote areas often experience:
- language and cultural barriers.
- geographic barriers in accessing health and welfare services.
- and may face barriers to health literacy;
The environmental, social and economic impacts of living in these areas can often affect caring.
* Data drawn from the Survey of Disability, Ageing and Carers (SDAC)
AUSTRALIAN INDIGENOUS HEALTH INFO NET
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