Carers
Fact sheets
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Caring can have a negative impact on a carer’s financial
situation due to additional costs incurred and changed
availability for work. |
Caring for someone can have implications on your pension. In order to receive a full basic State Pension you must have made a certain amount of National Insurance contributions. |
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You can request a carer’s assessment through your local
council if you care for someone aged 18 or over regularly and
spend a substantial amount of time doing so. |
People suffering from dementia, when they find their mental abilities in decline, often feel vulnerable and need reassurance and support.
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The law allows people who no longer feel able to look after their own affairs to assign somebody to make decisions on their behalf at a later date. |
If you are a carer, knowing what support is available to you in an emergency is important.
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A relatively modern form of care, palliative care concentrates on reducing the severity of a disease or slowing its progress rather than looking for a cure. |
Everyone is talking about Personal Budgets and making choices to select exactly what service you want. Here is our question-and-answer guide to what it all means. (Reproduced by kind permission of Estuary League of Friends) |
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Personal care budgets allow users of social care to take control of the budget to pay for their own social care services.
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There is support available to you as a carer. Services are available to allow you to take a break during the day or to go to work. |
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Telecare can help to provide peace of mind and independence for carers and the people for whom they are caring. |
Young carers are young people under the age of 18 who take on the same responsibilities as an adult in caring for a family member with an illness, disability, mental health condition or alcohol or drug dependency problem, for example. |
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Caring for Dementia
Dementia Carers Pathways |
Personal Health Budgets: The views of service users & carers
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Recognised, Valued, Supported: Next Steps for the Carers Strategy
An HM Government policy document |
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British Red Cross
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Care Quality Commission Newsletter
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Carers Contact Newsletter
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Carers Direct
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Carers UK
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Carers UK News Releases
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Counsel & Care Mailing List
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Crossroads Care
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Crossroads Care General News
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Directgov: Information for Carers
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Samaritans
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The Princess Royal Trust for Carers
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