Carers

• 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

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-65s
  • Advice and information on financial support for older people with a disability or illness.
• Carer's Assessment
  • ​​​​​​​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

Contact Carers Direct

Telephone: 0808 802 0202   
Helpline Information: NHS Carers Direct  
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.