{"id":102,"date":"2010-10-06T07:40:06","date_gmt":"2010-10-06T07:40:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/"},"modified":"2024-11-07T10:58:54","modified_gmt":"2024-11-07T10:58:54","slug":"carers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/carers\/","title":{"rendered":"Carers"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Carers<\/h1>\n<h2>Are you a carer?<\/h2>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-539 lazyload\" title=\"man-caring-for-wife\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/man-caring-for-wife.jpg?resize=250%2C158\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"158\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 250px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 250\/158;\" \/>If you look after a partner, family member or friend who is ill or needs support, then you are a carer and have legal rights. You may not think of yourself as a carer, but\u00a0see what you do\u00a0as part of your role as a partner, husband, wife, son, daughter or friend. You may not see the need to be labelled as a \u2018carer\u2019, but this role can present challenges and pressures that few are prepared for. Accepting that you are a carer can be the first step to getting support, should you need it.<\/p>\n<p>We use the term &#8216;carer&#8217; here for all who provide unpaid care and support for someone with ME, and the term care worker for those who are paid to provide care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carers Are you a carer? If you look after a partner, family member or friend who is ill or needs support, then you are a carer and have legal rights. You may not think of yourself as a carer, but\u00a0see &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/carers\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"one-column-subpages.php","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-102","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P5qkYK-1E","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/102\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45670,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/102\/revisions\/45670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}