EXPRESSION OF INTEREST - Carers of Adults with ME/CFS Online Group

This is an EXPRESSION OF INTEREST event for the Online Peer Support - Carers of Adults with ME/CFS commencing on the 8th of February 2022.

What is ‘Online Peer Support - Carers of Adults with ME/CFS’?

Online Peer Support for Carers of Adults with ME/CFS is 8 fortnightly sessions (16 weeks in total) online support group for 8 to 10 people with a professional facilitator hosted by Emerge Australia. It takes place in our virtual meeting room over Zoom. We have 4 core themes for our online community groups: Patient Support, Carer Support, Community Building and Learning. The aim of this group is to help you to connect with other people who have a shared experience of caring for an adult living with ME/CFS. There is no set age to designate someone a 'young person' or adult - although most people caring for an adult with ME/CFS will be caring for someone 25+.

You will receive an email confirming the registration of your expression of interest.

This waiting list will be open until early December, and then an email containing a booking link will be sent to all registrants enabling them to book a place in the group on a first come first served basis.

Why should I attend?

Accessing peer support - talking to people who 'get it' - is one of the primary requests that we receive at Emerge Australia. We have designed this pilot program to provide a safe space - with a facilitator - where people who care for a young person living with ME/CFS can meet and talk for an hour every other week over a 4 month period.

What will happen in the group?

In this group you will find:

• A professional facilitator to guide conversation
• 8 facilitated meetings - every other week for one hour
• Option to continue to meet after the course - your facilitator will help you to establish ground rules and come up with a plan to continue with the group
• Social interaction - this group is not structured therapy and will try not to dwell on negative or medical chat
• The group will have access to a private sub-forum on the Emerge Australia Community Forum where chat can continue between sessions

Session times for this group (for info) - All timings are as per Melbourne, Sydney, Canberra (AEDT or AEST according to start date of group)

• 10:45am session open
• 11:00am group meeting commences
• 12:00pm group meeting ends

**Please note, Daylight Saving Time will apply during the first few sessions of this group.

For more information or if you have questions, please contact community@emerge.org.au