Support For Carers

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Who is a carer?

You are a carer if you provide help and support to a partner, child, relative, friend, or neighbour, who could not manage without your assistance. After suffering a stroke, people are often left with either short term or permanent disabilities and need to rely on a carer to help them with day to day living.

 

Support for carers:

Many carers experience that their responsibilities have a negative effect on their mental, emotional, physical, and financial state. Accordingly, there are support networks and services offered to carers that can help alleviate these difficulties. This page provides information on a variety of services that caters to meeting carers needs.
Below are helpful links for carers - also see the Resources page of this website.

  • Wandsworth Carers Centre

Providing advice about all aspects of caring including Respite Care

telephone 0208 877 1200

  • Age Concern Carers Support Service

Address 4 Arndale Walk, Southside, Wandsworth, London. SW18 4BX.

telephone 020 8870 2020  

website www.ageconcernwandsworth.org.uk 

info@acwandsworth.org.uk 

  • Age Concern (National Office)  

telephone 0800 00 99 66 

website www.ageconcern.org.uk

  • Carers UK 

General Enquiries, Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm

telephone 020 7490 8818

website www.carersuk.org  

info@carersuk.org

Free Call, Helpline only available Wed & Thurs, 10-12 and 2pm-4pm   

telephone 0808 808 7777

  • The Relatives and Residents Association   

Providing help and advice for people in long term care (long-stay hospitals, residential and nursing homes) and their families

telephone 020 7359 8136 

website www.relres.org  

info@relres.org

  • Crossroads

The Crossroads scheme allows carers a few hours break by providing trained Care Support Workers to come and look after the person you care for in their own home.

  • Crossroads Association

Address 10 Regent Place, Rugby, Warwickshire, CV21 2PN     

telephone 0845 450 0350   

website www.crossroads.org.uk

  • Wandsworth Crossroads

telephone 020 8673 9939  

websitewww.wandsworthcrossroads.org.uk   

mail@wcrossroads.freeserve.co.uk

  • The Stroke Organisation

telephone 0845 303 3100 (calls at local rates - Mon-Fri 9am-5pm)

websitewww.stroke.org.ukinfo@stroke.org.uk

  •  Improving Access to Psychological Therapies

The Improving Access to Psychological Therapies programme aims to improve access to evidence based talking therapies  in the NHS  through an expansion of the psychological therapy workforce and services.

www.iapt.nhs.uk

 

 

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