Are you a Carer?
If you are please let us know – 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.
- 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: Caring for someone can be a full-time job – find out about accessing breaks and respite care.
- 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
Contact Carers Direct
Tel: 0808 802 0202
Helpline Information:
Office Hours
Lines are open 8:00am-9:00pm Monday to Friday
11:00am-4:00pm at weekends.
Calls are free from UK landlines.
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 benefits that they are entitled to.
- Benefits for the over-65s: Advice and information on financial support for older people with a disability or illness.
- Carer’s Assement: 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