Carers

Healthcare Improvement Scotland

This document was created by Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network and distributed through Healthcare Improvement Scotland. Who this guideline is for This guideline will be of interest to: primary and secondary healthcare professionals social care professionals community, care home and care at home staff involved in the care of people at risk of, or diagnosed with, dementia people living with dementia and their families and carers Recommendations The guideline contains 67…

Places for support

If you look after someone, need care yourself or are planning for your future care needs, you can get the information and advice you need here – Home | Care Information Scotland (careinfoscotland.scot) If you need someone to talk to, we listen. We won’t judge or tell you what to do. – Contact Us | Samaritans Sometimes our thoughts and feelings can overwhelm us. It helps to get some Breathing…

Wellbeing Toolkit for unpaid carers

Carers Trust new wellbeing resource for adult unpaid carers, Caring For You is now live. The toolkit, which was co-designed by a group of unpaid carers, offers practical activities, advice and tips on how to deal with specific emotions which can arise from having a caring role. There is also a section on maintaining wellbeing which provides links to resources and ideas on how carers can maintain good wellbeing and…

Resources for Bereaved Carers

Some resources for our Bereaved Carers. We all need support at times but especially when dealing with a bereavement of someone you love and have cared for. Please have a look at the below links to see what support is out there for you. Death and bereavement | NHS inform Good Life, Good Death, Good Grief :: Welcome (goodlifedeathgrief.org.uk)

2023 Respitality Report

We are delighted to bring you our impact report. 2023 was our best year yet, with plenty more ambitions for this year too. Some highlights to whet your appetite…. Over 1800 unpaid carers accessed a Respitality break Delivery partners confidence in delivering Respitality was rated 4 out of 5 Breaks were donated by over 200 businesses and charities! So why not put the kettle on, click on the link below to…

Carers Week 2024!

Hello and welcome to our special Carers Week 2024. Carers week is an annual awareness campaign to celebrate and recognise the vital contribution made by the UK’s 5.7 million carers, and runs from 10th to 16th June, celebrating and saying “thank you” to our unpaid carers.  The week is designed to make caring more visible and this year’s theme is “putting carers on the map”, aiming to make sure that…

Information for unpaid Carers and Professionals

The Neurological Alliance of Scotland has over 50 charity members, all of whom offer support for carers in some form such as, information, advice, support groups, helplines and other services. Our new resource, Information for Unpaid Carers and Professionals, is intended to give an overview of some of the most common neurological conditions and signpost readers to our members who offer support.  The resource also includes information on carer centres and…

Learning Disability Week - Come and try Sport

As part of Perth and Kinross Health & Social Care Partnership celebration of learning disability week, Perth & Kinross Disability Sport are delighted to invite participation from people of all ages with a learning disability to our ‘Come & Try Sport’ event on Thursday 9 May at the Academy of Sport & Wellbeing, UHI Perth. In partnership with the Centre for Inclusive Living Perth & Kinross, Perth Strathtay Harriers, Perth Eagles…

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