Are you a Carer?
If you are please let us know by registering with us; click the button above to complete our Carer Registration Form. We may be able to help you. There is a wealth of information on the NHS website about carers and caring. Below are some links into the site that we hope you will find useful.
Contact Carers Direct
- Telephone: 0808 802 0202 | Lines are open 8:00am-9:00pm Mon-Fri / 11:00am-4:00pm at weekends (calls are free from UK Landlines)
- NHS Carers Direct Helpline
- Email Carers Direct: [email protected]
- A guide to care and support: Information for carers and people who have care & support needs
- Caring for someone: Advice on providing care, medicines etc.
- Care after hospital: Providing care for people who have been recently discharged from hospital
- Taking a break: Caring for someone can be a full-time job - find out about accessing breaks and respite care.
- Support and benefits for carers: Includes carer's assessments, support from local councils, respite care and help for young carers.
- Work and Disability: Guidance, support and help with employment issues
- Being a young carer: Advice for carers 18 or under and their entitlement to support
Finance Law
Help claiming benefits, looking after your bank balance and understanding the legal issues of caring.
- Benefits for the under 65s: Advice and information on helping the person you look after get the benefirs that they are entitled to.
- Benefits for the over 65s: Advice and information on financial support for older people with a disability or illness.
- Carers Assessment: How your benefits maybe affected after the death of the person you look after and what happens to their benefits.
- Other benefits: Advice for carers and the people they are looking after on claiming a whole host of other benefits unrelated to their disability or caring