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1 online resource (streaming video file) (52 min. 19 sec.) ; 312694634 bytes |
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Australia has an invisible army of children on caring duties. They cook, clean, measure medicine ... and then do their homework. "When she has a panic attack, you've got to try and keep her legs still just in case she might kick the wall or something. I hold her until she calms down. I get her medication. When she's a bit calmer I give her a camomile tea with honey, that helps her." - John Attard, 13.This week, meet some awesome kids doing some pretty grown-up stuff. Across Australia, young people, many in their teens, are caring for a parent, sibling or other family member. It could be physical support like lifting a parent out of a wheelchair, or emotional support like calming down a parent having an anxiety attack. It could be as ordinary as making a cup of tea and washing the dishes, to highly personal care helping a parent in the bathroom.One estimate puts the number of under-18s doing caring work at 150,000.So how do they cope? How do they get a break? And how do the parents feel about being cared for by their children? |
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Broadcast 2013-05-14 at 20:30:00 |
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Classification: NC |
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Child caregivers.
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Children of parents with disabilities.
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Family day care.
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Mothers -- Health and hygiene.
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Parent and child -- Family relationships.
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Australia.
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Streaming video
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Brockie, Jenny, host
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Attard, Francesca, contributor
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Attard, John, contributor
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Attard, Raymond, contributor
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Healey, Finlay, contributor
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Healey, Leilani, contributor
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Healey, Megan, contributor
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Healey, Sydney, contributor
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Moore, Tim, contributor
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Swann, Michelle, contributor
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Taka, Tevita, contributor
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Wright, Jauh, contributor
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Wright, Noor, contributor
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