How To Get Help If Your Mum Is Ill And You Do Everything In The House

My mum is ill and I do everything in the house - can I get any help?

There's a lot of help available for young carers. There are lots of young carers in this country and a lot of children and young people that need to look after their parents. It's really, really demanding looking after your parents and meeting their needs, doing all the household chores, the things that most people your age aren't expected to do. If you are a young carer and you are having to do a lot of extra things in the house to care for your parents or your siblings, it's really important that you do get help and support for yourself. Depending on where you live, there will be different organizations that can help you with that. In some areas there are things like young carers groups where you meet up and they take you around on trips and do fun things just for you. Make sure you've got enough support for yourself in the house and take you on holidays and do nice things. It depends on where you're living but there are help lines and support you can get to find out what's happening in your area and how you can get as much support as possible for yourself to make sure that you stay emotionally healthy and happy too.