Synapse Carers

Facebook support groups can be a powerful way to feel both a sense of community and of being understood, from the comfort of your own home.

Our Synapse Reconnections – Carers Facebook group is moderated by Synapse staff with either lived experience or a wealth of knowledge about brain injury. There are regular Facebook live interviews on managing in the caring role, as well as online meetings. To protect your privacy, this is a closed Facebook group – which means that only members of the group can see what you have posted.

Join the Facebook Group

As part of the program the Synapse team facilitated regular in-person information sessions which were live-streamed and posted online to allow anyone across Australia to watch from home. Sessions are delivered by researchers, allied health professionals and people with lived experience of the caring role.

These sessions were recorded and are available on our You Tube Channel.

Watch the sessions

Our Community Forum is designed to engage with others with similar lived experience in a safe, supported and meaningful way. We have a separate Carers section of the forum and you are able to post anonymously if that is your preference. The forum is moderated to ensure that interaction is respectful.

Join the forum

The Carers Section of our Brain Injury Information Hub has a raft of useful information and factsheets specifically designed for families and carers on topics such as managing behaviour, support and self-care for carers, and promoting your family’s wellbeing.