Overview

Part of Ontex’ ongoing mission is to not only provide excellent quality products, but also to help provide education and training to all of our product users. One very important group are ‘Unpaid Carers’. These are the people who are looking after their loved ones on a daily basis having no training and very little support for the work they do. This is why we have partnered with the Grace Cares charity to help provide this information on a local and national level.

Care Club met on Monday 26th January for another supportive session, welcoming unpaid care givers as the club continues to grow. Held in a safe environment, the session gives carers the opportunity to openly discuss their experiences, ask questions and share concerns, while being reassured that they are not alone.

The focus of the session was incontinence care, with practical advice delivered by an experienced incontinence nurse, Paulina Kurek alongside Michelle Garvey from Ontex. Attendees also received additional wellbeing support from Nicola Forsyth who shared guidance on managing stress and overwhelm through life coaching and effective breathwork techniques to help carers regulate and reset during challenging moments.

Care Club is organised by Grace Cares who are dedicated to supporting unpaid caregivers through education, connection and compassionate support. Each session is designed to combine practical guidance with emotional reassurance, while also signposting caregivers to further resources and services that can help them in their caring role. Grace Cares works alongside trusted partners Ontex, to ensure caregivers receive expert, reliable information on topics that are often difficult to talk about.

Paulina from Ontex added: “We’re proud to support Grace Cares’ Care Club in creating open, practical conversations around incontinence, helping people feel informed, supported and less alone.”

For many attendees, the greatest value comes from feeling understood by others in similar situations

One participant shared: “The meetings that I have attended and your team who spoke to me are invaluable to me. Long may it continue. You are providing a lifeline.”

This initiative is part of a global initiative to provide support to unpaid carers, to give them the knowledge to carry on the great work they are doing and to help support their own mental health and wellbeing. You will find a lot of help, support and tips on our Caregivers Connect page which you can view here.

For more information about the training that Ontex offers, please contact [email protected]. If you would like to know more about the great work that Grace Cares does, you can visit their website here: Home – Grace Cares