Things To Do If You Are A Carer
- Tell Your GP
- Tell Social Services
- Let People At Work Know
- Claim Your Entitlements
- Look After Yourself
- Sign Up For Carers News
Tell Your GP
They should hold a register of carers and may be able to help by giving you health checks, flu jabs and priority appointments.
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Tell Social Services
The Brighton & Hove Social Care information line is 01273 234045. They will be able to arrange for your needs and those of the person you care for to be assessed and if appropriate packages of support to be put into place.
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Let People At Work Know
Juggling the pressures of work and caring mean that you will need your employer to support you. Increasingly employers are recognising the value of supporting carers and under legislation carers have the right to request flexible working. For more information about work and caring http://www.carersuk.org/Information/Workandcaring
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Claim Your Entitlements
The benefits system can seem complex but the Carers Centre may be able to help you. Carers UK has a comprehensive section on the benefits that you may be entitled to including information about Carers Allowance, DLA and Attendance Allowance http://www.carersuk.org/Information/Financialhelp
We also produce fact sheet on benefits.
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Look After Yourself
Caring can be exhausting and it is important to look after your own health and make time for yourself. The Carers Centre runs a range of groups and activities that you can take part in. Our regular activites are listed on this activities sheet. Information on latest events are listed in What's On
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Last Updated:
03-Oct-2008
