Information for Carers

CARER NOTIFICATION FORM

Do you look after a family member or friend who is unwell, disabled or frail?

If so please complete this form. Once you are added to our list of carers we will know about your busy life as a carer, which can affect your health.

Carer Notification Form

Carer Feedback - We Want To Hear Your Views

Shropshire Carers Support Team want to hear the voices of unpaid and family carers in Shropshire, so they have created the ‘Carer Feedback’ form.  They want carers to have more opportunity to get involved with the services they access.

The Carers Feedback will give carers and representatives an opportunity to tell their experiences with the whole of the Health and Social Care Sector - good or bad.  Please note, this is not a complaint form, it is a mechanism for sharing good practice and to forward poor performance to relevant support areas as necessary.  Carers will be kept updated on what has happened to their feedback and all outcomes achieved. 

A really positive way for all of Health and Social Care organisations included Voluntary and Community Sector organisations to have a 2 way conversation with carers – all views matter!  The form can be found on Shropshire Choices website HERE

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

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 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