CARERS
Are You a Carer?
Do you look after someone who could not manage without you? if so, you may be a carer.
Carers provide help and support to those who could not manage without help. This could be due to physical or mental illness, disability, frailty, life limiting illness or addition.
We want to know if you are a carer so that we provide for your needs as well as those of the person you are caring for. If you are a carer please let us know by completing our carers form, or just letting someone at the Surgery know.
Get the Help you Deserve
Your GP is here to help you. Speak to our Reception Team or with your Doctor or Nurse.
Once the practice knows you are a carer; we will offer you further assistance such as, free flu Jabs, flexible appointments time or prefered appoitnment times and information of available support.
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.
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Guidance, support and help with employment issues.
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-65sAdvice 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
Somerset Carers
Telephone: 0800 31 68 600
Email: carers@somersetrcc.org.uk
Somerset Carers Newsletter - April 2022 Edition
Glastonbury Carers Social Group
Is your 'other half', parent, child or friend, ill, elderly or disabled, or needing a bit of support? Perhaps there has been a new diagnosis and you want to know what help is out there.
Meet with other carers and chat with like minded people to share laughs, ideas and experiences in a relaxed, supportive and safe atmosphere. Regular professional speakers and signposting to help you save time, energy and frustration!
Meetings are held every third Monday of every month 10:30 am to 12:00 noon at St John the Baptist Church, High St, Glastonbury BA6 9DR.
For information about the group contact Cath on 07951 944 420 or send an email.
For personal 1:1 support as a Carer, including support for your cared for whilst you come to a meeting, contact Somerset Carers Service on 0800 31 68 600.
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.