Are you looking after or providing support for a relative friend or neighbour?
Are you being helped or supported by a relative friend or neighbour?
Your GP needs to know so you can be offered help. Please complete the form in the icon
Download Digital Resource Guide for Carers
www.swanseacarerscentre.org.uk
- 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.
Guidance, support and help with employment issues.
Advice for carers 18 or under and their entitlement to support
Contact Carers Direct
- Telephone
- 0808 802 0202, Helpline Information http://www.nhs.uk/carersdirect/carerslives/updates/pages/carersdirecthelpline.aspx
- Email CarersDirect@nhschoices.nhs.uk
- Office Hours Lines are open 8am to 9pm Monday to Friday, 11am to 4pm at weekends. Calls are free from UK landlines.
Finance and Law
Help claiming benefits, looking after your bank balance and understanding the legal issues of caring.
- Benefits for carers
Directing carers to the benefits that can help them in their caring role
- Benefits for the under-65s
Advice and information on helping the person you look after get the benefits that they are entitled to.
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 (this link will open in a new window – popups must be allowed)
Advice for carers and the people they are looking after on claiming a whole host of other benefits unrelated to their disability or caring
