{"id":419,"date":"2025-01-22T17:02:57","date_gmt":"2025-01-22T17:02:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/involvement\/?page_id=419"},"modified":"2025-01-22T17:03:23","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T17:03:23","slug":"carers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/involvement\/forums\/carers\/","title":{"rendered":"Families and carers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A carer is anyone who cares for a family member or friend who, due to illness, disability, a mental health problem or an addiction, cannot cope without their support. The care they provide is unpaid.<\/p>\n<div class=\"nhsuk-action-link\"><a class=\"nhsuk-action-link__link\" href=\"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/carers\/\" target=\"_self\"><span class=\"nhsuk-action-link__text\">Visit the carers website to learn more<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<h2>Getting Involved<\/h2>\n<h3>Why get involved?<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>To use personal experiences of healthcare to help improve quality<\/li>\n<li>To give opinions in a measured way<\/li>\n<li>To use skills to improve healthcare services<\/li>\n<li>Used lived experiences to empower others and educate staff<\/li>\n<li>Have a keen interest in bringing about service improvement and being eager to make a difference<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>What can I get involved in?<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Interviewing potential new staff members<\/li>\n<li>Presenting your carers journey to help the trust learn from your experiences<\/li>\n<li>Reviewing and developing essential information such as leaflets, posters, websites and films to ensure they are inclusive of carers needs<\/li>\n<li>Being part of a steering group or project meeting to ensure the carers voice is part of the decision making<\/li>\n<li>Participating in a focus group to give views on a specific topic<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"nhsuk-care-card nhsuk-care-card--non-urgent\">\n                <div class=\"nhsuk-care-card__heading-container\">\n                    <h3 class=\"nhsuk-care-card__heading\"><span role=\"text\"><span class=\"nhsuk-u-visually-hidden\">Non-urgent advice: <\/span>Get in touch<\/span><\/h3>\n                    <span class=\"nhsuk-care-card__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"nhsuk-care-card__content\">\n<p>Please contact Di Hilson, the trust\u2019s Carers Lead if you would like to register to be kept up to date with involvement opportunities.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Email: <a href=\"mailto:Diane.Hilson@oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\">Diane.Hilson@oxfordhealth.nhs.uk<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Phone: 07775 816 646<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n            <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A carer is anyone who cares for a family member or friend who, due to illness, disability, a mental health&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":19,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-419","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/involvement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/involvement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/involvement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/involvement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/involvement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=419"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/involvement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/419\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":420,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/involvement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/419\/revisions\/420"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/involvement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/involvement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}