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Carers
Do you look after someone?
A ‘carer’ is someone who looks after a friend, family member, partner, neighbour who due to physical or mental illness, disability, age related difficulties or an addiction, cannot cope without support.
Parent carer
A parent of a disabled child often see themselves as parents rather than carers, but may be entitled to additional services.
Young carer
This means carers who are under the age of 18. The person receiving the care is often a parent, but may be a brother, sister, grandparent or other relative who needs support.
’Looking after’ can mean helping with things like shopping, domestic tasks or just for emotional assistance and personal care.
If this sounds like you, you could be a carer. Your health and wellbeing are just as important as anyone else’s and at Ashford Medical Partnership there is support available for you.
How to Register as a carer
To register as a carer, all you need to do is to fill out a consent form that we send out to you, this will be added to your medical records, and to the patient(s) you are caring for (should they be a patient at this surgery). This is to ensure we are complying with the Data Protection Act 1998, therefore we require the written consent in order to register you as a carer, onto our carers register and put your personal contact details onto the medical records of the person you care for (should they be a patient at this surgery).
Some of the benefits to registering as a carer at your surgery are: the practice will know who can collect prescriptions on behalf of others; the GP’s will know who is authorized to discuss problems on behalf of another: the practice can arrange an ‘Assessment of Needs’ (if agreed).
As a carer, you become eligible for things like flu vaccinations, if you were not already. We will also be providing health checks - for those who forget that you can only look after someone else if you are looking after yourself too.
We will also provide support for our young carers, those under the age of 18 and still in education.
If you have any queries, please feel free to contact either the surgery
Useful contacts
Carer's UK Advice Line
- Tel: 0808 808 7777
- Online: Visit the Carers UK website
Carers’ Support
- Tel: 01233 664393
- Email: admin@carers-ashford.org.uk
Disabled Living Foundation
- Tel: 0300 999 0004
- Online: visit the DLF website
Relate
- Tel: 0300 100 1234
- Online: Visit the Relate website
Turn2us
- Tel: 0808 802 2000
- Online: Visit the Turn2Us website
Kent County Council
Age UK
- Online: Visit the Age UK Website
Crossroads
- Online: Visit the Crossroads Together website
- Online: Visit the Young Carers website
Carers’ Support East Kent
- Tel: 0300 302 0061
- Online: Visit the Carers' Support website
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