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Information for Carers
Are You a Carer?
Do you look after someone who depends on you because of an illness or disability?
If you are please let us know - we may be able to help you.
If you provide help and support to a partner, relative, child, friend or neighbour who could not manage without your help due to physical or mental illness, disability, frailty or addiction, then you are one of thousands of unpaid carers in Bristol.
If you are a carer it is important to look after your own health as well as the person you care for.
Here at Fallodon Way Medical Centre we want to be able to do all we can to help you to stay as healthy and informed as possible, so you can carry on caring for as long as you want to. Please register with us as this enables us to provide you with the following benefits:
- Free flu vaccinations each autumn
- Sharing information with you about the person you care for if she/he consents to this, which will make communication easier
- More flexible appointments depending on your needs as a carer
- Booking to see an experienced member of the Carers Support Centre for a full carer assessment – note these take place at Westbury on Trym Primary Care Centre and need to be booked via Debbie Cook (Care Coodinator).
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.
Useful resources
- 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
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.
- Benefits for the over-65s: Advice and information on financial support for older people with a disability or illness.
- Carer's 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
Contact Carers Direct
Telephone: 0808 802 0202
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.
