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A million informal family carers in NSW provide daily care for a loved one with a significant disability, medical condition, or who is frail aged. Is this you? Some quality, easy-access support might help!<\/p>

Carers often put their life on hold to devote themselves to managing a demanding household, attending appointments, and doing their best to handle the emotional weight of an uncertain future.<\/p>

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Whilst the clinical focus is on the carer\u2019s client, MIOK MENTORING complements the limited help available for carers. MIOK challenges carers with the question, \u201cAm I ok?\u201d<\/p>

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MIOK RETREAT is a short-term, private, 2-bedroom, fully furnished home-stay in Eleebana. It overlooks Lake Macquarie, a 25 minute drive from John Hunter and Calvary Mater hospitals. No fees are charged. Contributions accepted.Mentoring for clarity and resilience can be accessed. To learn more, Click here<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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    MIOK Am I OK? A million informal family carers in NSW provide daily care for a loved one with a significant disability, medical condition, or who is frail aged. Is this you? Some quality, easy-access support might help! Carers often put their life on hold to devote themselves to managing a demanding household, attending appointments, and doing their best to handle the emotional weight of an uncertain future. So… Whilst the clinical focus is on the carer\u2019s client, MIOK MENTORING complements the limited help available for carers. MIOK challenges carers with the question, \u201cAm I ok?\u201d Through mentoring, we Make It OK. Mentoring for Carers In retirement, Dr Les White, a former counsellor, coach and educator, offers informal mentoring for carers, with no cost involved, building on his own lived experience. To learn more Click here. Click here MIOK Retreat MIOK RETREAT is a short-term, private, 2-bedroom, fully furnished home-stay in Eleebana. It overlooks Lake Macquarie, a 25 minute drive from John Hunter and Calvary Mater hospitals. No fees are charged. Contributions accepted.Mentoring for clarity and resilience can be accessed. To learn more, Click here Click here List Item #1 List Item #2 List Item #3 Mentoring for Carers MIOK RETREAT is a short-term, private, 2-bedroom, fully furnished home-stay in Eleebana. It overlooks Lake Macquarie, a 25 minute drive from John Hunter and Calvary Mater hospitals. No fees are charged. Contributions accepted.Mentoring for clarity and resilience can be accessed. To learn more, Click here Mentoring for Carers Mentoring for Carers<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_canvas","meta":{"_angie_page":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-18","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/miok.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/miok.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/miok.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miok.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miok.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/miok.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":76,"href":"https:\/\/miok.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18\/revisions\/76"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/miok.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}