Carers provide unpaid personal care, support and assistance to a family member or friend who needs help with daily life due to a disability, impairment, mental illness, chronic health condition, terminal illness, an alcohol or drug issue or who is frail and aged.
See our Who is a Carer fact sheet.
Tim's story
Many of us will become carers at some point in our lives, or we may need care ourselves. Being a carer is not a choice but is a result of family and life circumstances.
It is a role that can develop gradually or may be required unexpectedly at any time, and one for which many people are rarely given a choice.
Most carers do not see themselves as extraordinary: they are simply doing what anyone else would do in the same situation. The reality is that carers make a difference to the lives of the people they care for and make an invaluable social and economic contribution to Western Australia.
