Webinar: Caring for Carers

Event Notes:

Time: 11.00am – 12.30pm

Aim: To enhance healthcare professionals’ understanding, confidence, and capability in delivering consistent, equitable, and structured support to informal carers of people living with Motor Neurone Disease (MND).

By the end of the session, participants will be able to:

• recognise the essential contribution of informal carers in MND care
• understand current challenges and variations in the provision of carer support
• identify best-practice principles for assessing and addressing carer needs
• consider how carer outcome measures can inform and enhance routine practice
• consider professional roles and responsibilities in supporting carers
• reflect on personal and organisational approaches to carer support and identify areas for improvement.

Speaker: Rosie Bamber, Specialist Occupational Therapist & Doctoral Researcher, MND Care and Research Centre, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust