Carers
Carer’s roles, rights and responsibilities
Information about carer’s assessment:
Information about respite care
Information about taking a holiday
Working carers, work life balance and looking after yourself
When caring ends
Information in different languages

Carers

www.carers.org

The Princes Royal Trust for carers

 

www.youngcarers.net

The Princes Royal Trust’s young carers.

 

www.carersuk.org

Carers UK is a UK organisation for carers, with information on practical, financial and emotional support. Carers UK seeks to improve recognition and support for carers, through informing and creating dialogue with policy makers and professionals working with carers. There are regional offices in England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland.

 

www.thecarersnetwork.org.uk

The Carers network

 

www.carersinformation.org.uk/

Carers Information

 

www.carers.org/

The Princess Royal Trust for Cares

 

www.carersuk.org/Home

Carers UK

 

www.crossroads.org.uk

Crossroads

 

www.mind.org.uk/Information/Factsheets/Carers/

Mind

 

www.rethink.org/living_with_mental_illness/caring/index.html

Rethink

 

http://pamshouse.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/index.html

‘Carer Experts’ is a carer led website with information, advice and carers’ personal stories

 

www.ace-ed.org.uk

Advisory Centre for Education (ACE) – independent advice centre for parents.

 

www.bmecarers.org.uk/

BME Carers

 

www.afiyatrust.org

National Black Carers’ and Carer’s Workers Network
020 7582 0400

The National Black Carers and Carers Workers Network (NBCCWN) work with others and with the Department of Health (DH) to ensure that views of Carers from BME communities are heard and integrated.



Carer’s roles, rights and responsibilities

For information about the laws protecting carers:

 

 

 

www.direct.gov.uk/en/CaringForSomeone/CarersRights/DG_4001078

 

www.scbnetwork.org/carers/legislation_and_rights.cfm

 

www.scbnetwork.org/carers/carer_involvement.cfm

 

 

 

For a list of publications on carer’s rights, see:

 

www.carersinformation.org.uk/docs5.ihtml?maincatid=49&dt=116&zz

 

 

 

Support for carers, carers’ assessments and short term breaks/respite:

 

www.carersuk.org/Information/Helpwithcaring

 

www.rethink.org/living_with_mental_illness/caring/help_for_carers/index.html



Information about carer’s assessment:

www.scbnetwork.org/carers/carers_assessments.cfm

 

www.carersuk.org/Information/Helpwithcaring/Carersassessmentguide

 

www.rethink.org/living_with_mental_illness/caring/help_for_carers/carers.html

 

www.mind.org.uk/Information/Factsheets/Carers/#Carers_Assessments



Information about respite care

www.carers.org/respite-care,59,TP.html

 

www.thecarersnetwork.org.uk/respite-care

 

www.scbnetwork.org/carers/respite_and_breaks.cfm



Information about taking a holiday

www.carers.org/taking-a-holiday,54,TP.html

 

 

 

 

The commission for social care inspection can give information about home care from social services:

 

www.csci.org.uk/ 

 

 

 

and you can do a quick search for services here: www.csci.org.uk/registeredservicesdirectory/rsquicksearch.asp



Working carers, work life balance and looking after yourself

For information about the help available to carers to help them continue working, please click here:

 

www.carersuk.org/Information/Workandcaring

 

www.carers.org/carers-and-employment,100,TP.html

 

www.thecarersnetwork.org.uk/employment

 

 

 

For information about how to continue learning and developing while ca'

 

www.carersuk.org/Information/Carersandlearning

 

www.thecarersnetwork.org.uk/training

 

 

 

For information about talking to your employer about your caring role see:

 

www.carersuk.org/Information/Workandcaring/Seekingsupport

 

 

 

For information about balancing caring with the rest of your life:

 

www.carersuk.org/Information/Otherlanguages/Balancinglifeandcaring/CarersEqualOpps_.pdf

 

www.direct.gov.uk/en/Employment/Employees/WorkingHoursAndTimeOff/DG_10029491

 



When caring ends

Here are links to information about when the caring role comes to an end

http://www.carersuk.org/Information/Whencaringends

 

www.crusebereavementcare.org.uk/

Cruse Bereavement Care promote the well-being of bereaved people and supports anyone bereaved by death to understand their grief and cope with their loss. The organisation provides support and offers information, advice, education and training services.



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