Carers UK
Carers are people who provide or intend to provide care for an adult or disabled child. Caring can be rewarding but it can also affect your homelife, worklife, free time and your relationship with the person you care for. You don’t have to live in the same house as that person to be their carer. Carers are not paid a wage to provide support and are sometimes referred to as unpaid or informal carers.
As more and more of us take on the role of caring for someone, it is likely that either we are, have been, or know a carer. According to figures released from the 2011 census, there are 15,575 carers in the Vale of Glamorgan, and most of them are not accessing the support available. This represents a 12 per cent increase in the number of carers in the Vale in a decade.
If you are looking after someone, find out about your rights as a carer and where you can go for financial or practical help on the Carers UK website.
The Carers Factsheet offers information on:
- Getting help from Social Services
- Getting help from Health Services
- Available support regarding work and leisure, money and legal matters, maintaining and adapting your home, transport, caring for someone who is terminally ill, emergencies and making a complaint.
Further information can be found at: Carers UK - Caring for Someone