Caregiving Podcasts
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The podcast episodes listed below provide interesting information and positive suggestions about caregiving:

Why do we assume women care? (from The Analysis podcast): Though much later in life the roles can be reversed, what needs to change in order for men to take on more caring responsibility earlier on? (28 min) https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/favourites/m001f53p


The Language of Carers (from the Word of Mouth podcast) : Though much later in life the roles can be reversed, what needs to change in order for men to take on more caring responsibility earlier on? (28 min) https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/favourites/b01j6z8q


The Secret Lives of Carers : This is the story of four care workers whose employers are pioneering new ways of running care services (28 min) https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/favourites/b06qjqcv


Rethink: How should we care for older people in future? (from the 5 Live News Specials podcast) Experts and callers tell 5 Live what changes they would make to the care system (45 min) https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p08hsj31


Personal digital assistants (from the Inside Health podcast) : Looking at how people who need care are being helped to continue living at home with the use of new technology (9 min: from 18.40 - 27.40 on the recording) https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000f5hg


Suzy and Shelly (from the Who Cares? podcast) : Suzy discusses the emotional highs and lows of caring for her disabled sister Shelly (27 min) https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/b04l39cz


Caring Too Much? : Exploring the complex relationship between disabled child and parent carer (28 min) https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/b0138vgk


Care, Work, Sleep, Repeat : Considering the challenges of being a young adult carer (28 min) https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/b04kfgct


Who Cares: Drama about three young adult carers (44 min)

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/favourites/m000s191


Life After Care

(1) Caring for Carers (from the You and Yours podcast): first interview with Tina who, until her mother's recent death, had been caring for her (9 min: from 19.10 - 28.25 on the recording) https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p06b2qxz
(2) Life after care (from the Smart Consumer podcast): including second interview with Tina (25 min) https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p06z00cf
(3) Helping unpaid carers back into work (from the You and Yours podcast): details of a free online resource for carers trying to rebuild their lives and confidence to return to work, and third interview with Tina (9 min: from 19.10 - 28.25 on the recording) https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000f6b7