Carers

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Are You a Carer?

If you are please let us know – we may be able to help you.

Support for Carers

Adult Social Services
You can contact adult social care services and support online:
Website: Adult Social Services
Email: acap@birmingham.gov.uk
Emergency telephone: 0121 303 1234

Birmingham Carer Hub
Forward Carers is a West Midlands based carer support service, here to make a real difference to the lives of people caring for an elderly frail, sick or disabled family member. Our aim is simple – to improve the physical and mental wellbeing of carers, young and old, including parent carers, so that families stay healthier and happier together, for longer.
Telephone: 0333 006 9711
Email: info@birminghamcarershub.org.uk
Website: Birmingham Carer Hub

Selly Oak Live at Home Scheme
This scheme enables older people to stay living independently in their own homes for as long as possible, with the best possible quality of life.
Website: Selly Oak Live at Home

Handyperson Services
More than 70 local Age UKs operate handyperson services across much of the country. These services offer older people extra help with small practical jobs to make their lives easier and safer around the home.
Telephone: 0800 055 6112
Website: Handyperson Services (Age UK)

Befriending Service
At Age UK, one of the ways we try to combat loneliness in later life is through our befriending services. We offer 2 different types, Call in Time telephone and face to face befriending.
Telephone: 0800 434 6105
Website: Age UK/Befriending

Downloads
Carer Information Pack
Support for Carers in Birmingham and Solihull
LHMC Carer Leaflet

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.

Non-urgent advice: Information & Support

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.

Work and Disability: Guidance, support and help with employment issues.

Being a young carer: Advice for carers 18 or under and their entitlement to support

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-65s: Advice 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