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What Makes for Meaningful Carer Involvement?

By Matthew McKenzie FRSA BEM, Chair, Triangle of Care Community Group

This week’s Triangle of Care Member Webinar, hosted by Carers Trust, which focused on a vital question: What makes for meaningful carer involvement?

We heard from across the Triangle of Care network, these being carers, professionals, and trust representatives coming together to share what genuine involvement looks like in practice.

I spoke about my own lived experience as a carer, supporting two non-verbal brothers with autism and my late mother with mental health challenges and how this journey has shaped my advocacy for stronger partnerships between carers and professionals.

Over the years, through the Triangle of Care, I’ve seen how much difference early and equal involvement can make.

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