{"id":54658,"date":"2021-12-17T16:48:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-17T16:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/news\/?p=54658"},"modified":"2022-01-14T13:42:05","modified_gmt":"2022-01-14T13:42:05","slug":"call-for-unpaid-carers-to-look-after-themselves-this-winter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/news\/call-for-unpaid-carers-to-look-after-themselves-this-winter\/","title":{"rendered":"Call for unpaid carers to look after themselves this winter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Devon Carers is encouraging all unpaid carers to have the COVID-19 booster to help protect themselves, and the people they care for, from coronavirus this winter<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As someone who gives their time to support a family member, friend, or neighbour, it\u2019s really important that unpaid carers look after their own health and wellbeing first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We recognise that&nbsp;COVID-19 is particularly challenging for unpaid carers, and so have provided additional funding for \u2018Special Schemes\u2019 that have been designed to help when they need a break from their caring role.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If this sounds like you or someone you know, please get in touch with Devon Carers, they offer a range of specialist support from a listening ear to advice on break funds and emergency planning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flnks.gd%2Fl%2FeyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMzMsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMTEyMTcuNTA0ODEzMzEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL2Rldm9uY2FyZXJzLm9yZy51ay9zdXBwb3J0LyJ9.43gAY1Ail129DBOyisXkCaZ9dZU0YEryLuE9nrC-e0E%2Fs%2F172374962%2Fbr%2F123339416088-l&amp;data=04%7C01%7Cmike.bomford%40devon.gov.uk%7C0bce3a296dc24b13ac4808d9c17b860a%7C8da13783cb68443fbb4b997f77fd5bfb%7C0%7C0%7C637753558813164749%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=uF7KEBSkMKEy5e6M0%2BK%2B5FRGqb%2FWXfxQ9aVdxnIdcb8%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Devon Carers website<\/a> or call 01392 307720.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"298\" src=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/146\/2021\/12\/Carers-need-a-break.jpg\" alt=\"Carers advert, reading ' Carers need a break?'\" class=\"wp-image-54659\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[106],"tags":[293],"class_list":["post-54658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adult-social-care","tag-coronavirus"],"acf":[],"featured_image":false,"category_priority":false,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2028-04-05 03:30:33","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54658","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/34"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54658"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54658\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54744,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54658\/revisions\/54744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}