For many people, it's easy to see yourself first as a parent, child, family member, friend or partner, but perhaps you are one of Australia's 2.6 million carers?
If you provide unpaid care and support to family members or friends who have a disability, mental illness, chronic condition, terminal illness or who are frail aged, you are not alone. You may be receiving a Centrelink carer allowance or carer payment and still be a family carer.
Unpaid family carers come from all walks of life and help the people they care for in many different ways. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians are more likely to care for another person with a disability, long-term illness or ageing related problem than non-Indigenous Australians.
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