Local Hub for Carers
October 2021: Our local carer Hub in Yateley is not active currently. However, the North East Hampshire Carers Hub is now up and running again in Farnborough. Patients from this area are welcome to attend and they may be able to assist, if transport is difficult. Please contact them direct as per below.
Come along and meet other carers in the area, access other organisations and professionals, support and information. For more information call 01264 835246/835205, email info@carercentre.com or just pop along!
For more information Carers Hub Dates Thursdays 10am-2pm
Christmas Carers Hub: Christmas Carers Hub 16 December 2021
18th November 2021 Carers Hub info poster
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 NHS Choices about carers and caring. Below are some links into the site that we hope you will find useful.
- Caring for a parent
Watch this video on: caring for a parent at home
- Telling people
Caring responsibilities can make it difficult to maintain friendships or develop new ones. Telling your friends you're a carer is important so they understand and can support you.
- Taking a break
Caring for someone can be a full-time job, but it's essential that you take time out for yourself too. Read our guide to accessing breaks and respite.
- Housing and carers
Do you know your tenancy rights as a carer? Are you aware of all your care at home options? Do you need tips on moving someone around the home?
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 person you care for
Advice and information on helping the person you look after get the benefits that they are entitled to
- Death and benefits
How your benefits maybe affected after the death of the person you look after and what happens to their benefits
- Managing someone's legal affairs
Advice for when carers find they have to take over the legal affairs of the person they are looking after
- 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
- Personal and household finance
Advice on keeping a tight rein on household and personal finance for carers
- Social fund
- Tax credits
Information on claiming tax credits and whether you might be eligible
CARERS INFORMATION:
A Practical Guide to healthy caring - leaflet from Public Health England:
NHS Practical Guide to Healthy Caring
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Carers - Privacy Notice
The surgery keeps detailed medical records on all our patients, and that includes storing information about carers, next of kin, emergency contacts, those authorised to collect prescriptions on the patient's behalf, etc (and often that is all the same individual).
If we do store information about you as a carer, in the GP record of the person that you are a carer for:
- We store the minimum information necessary, usually your name, contact numbers/email, and relationship to the patient
- We will always strive to obtain the consent of the individual before doing so
- We will always strive to obtain your consent - if possible - before adding your details to that person's GP record
- You (or the individual) can always ask us to remove that information at any time
- We never pass your information on to third parties, except when permitted by law, or in an emergency situation (especially if you are an "emergency contact")