1. WHAT IS AUSTRALIAN CARERS GUIDE MAGAZINE?
The Australian Carers Guide is this country’s first and only magazine that provides 130 pages of valuable and much-needed information that provides practical information, valuable resources and helpful contacts for unpaid family carers. WHO IS IT FOR It is for our country’s 1.3 million unpaid primary carers; specifically those who care for their ageing parent(s), a spouse or an elderly loved one.
WHAT DOES IT COVER?
The Australian Carers Guide covers everything our primary carers want to know and need to know. From how to better care, to how to better cope all in one convenient and easy-to-read publication, We also cover where carers can get government help, legal help, financial assistance, medical help, and health and well-being services for themselves and for those they care for. Some other topics covered are: Carer Payments - Respite Care - Self-Care – Helpful Contacts - How to’s Expert Advice - Personal Stories Recipes by Maggie Beer – Lesson learned by Jean Kittson –Our ever-popular puzzles to keep everyone’s brains going – Games - Funnies and so much more…
2. WHAT CAN READERS EXPECT FROM AUSTRALIAN CARERS GUIDE MAGAZINE IN THE COMING MONTHS?
In our next edition, our readers will enjoy learning from the personal experiences, unique insights and wisdom of Ita Buttrose. Australian Icon and current Chair of the ABC spends time talking with Paul Koury, our publications founder and publisher. We will also be introducing the Help Pages where carers will have a convenient and comprehensive list of financial, respite support and emotional support available in their state.
In the Winter edition, readers can expect a new facelift which will include stunning imagery, and a new quick finder that will make our guide easier to navigate, and purposefully laid out for easy reading.
We are also introducing our new Pamper Packages blessing 5 carers and their elderly in every issue. competitions enhance to reading experience In the coming months the magazine will have a new look to attract readers with stunning imagery,
Our new layouts will feature instantly engaging headings and captivating intros, captions and essential copy, to comprehensively inform and entertain our readers.
New to the magazine will be travel to cover all type of journeys – as suggestions for a well-deserved break, exciting multi-generational trips or getaways for the oldies. The features will visit all corners of the globe and indeed incorporate a wide diversity of activities. And let’s not forget to mention that simple armchair travelling is a great pleasure as well.
3. IF AUSTRALIAN CARERS GUIDE MAGAZINE HAD A MOTTO, WHAT WOULD IT BE?
To help carers find and access the help they need
4. IF YOU COULD BE ANYONE FAMOUS FOR A DAY, WHO WOULD IT BE AND WHY?
Banjo Paterson! Born Andrew ‘Barty’ Paterson because he was instrumental in creating our highly acclaimed and much-loved Australian literature across the world from its early beginnings in the new colony. He gave us The Man from Snowy River and our real ‘anthem’ Waltzing Matilda, among many other iconic pieces.
5. WHY SUBSCRIBE?
Subscribers describe us as their ‘Must-Have’ survival guide because since reading it, it has made a real positive difference in their daily lives. The Australian Carers Guide informs, educates and empowers all unpaid carers in making their caregiving journey easier and those they care for. Most importantly, they don’t feel unseen, unappreciated or alone anymore.
Testimony
“Reading the magazine entertains and fuels me more than I ever could have imagined”. Finally, a magazine that sees us, and is just for us carers. I never know there was so much help available for us and I don’t feel I'm having to navigate the caregiving season of life alone anymore. Thank you AUSTRALIAN CARERS GUIDE!
