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Carer Support Services
Support for you in Wirral
You might not recognise yourself as a carer, but if you are providing care and support to a family member, relative or friend without being paid to provide that care - then you are a carer.
Local carer support services in Wirral
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WIRED Carers Services
The Wirral Carers Health and Wellbeing Service provides free support to adult Carers (including Parent Carers and Young Adult Carers in transition), the service focuses on identifying Carers and supporting them to access services to assist them in their caring role and to help them to maintain and improve their health and wellbeing. The overall aim of the Carers Health and Wellbeing Service is to improve the quality of life for Carers in Wirral, supporting them to sustain their caring role and enhancing their ability to enjoy a life outside of their caring role.
Phone: 0151 522 7990
Email: contact@wired.me.uk
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The Carer Support Service is for carers who care for a loved one who has dementia. We run our Carer Support Service to help take some of the strain with both practical and emotional support. We have significant expertise in supporting the carers of people with dementia.
Carer support offers emotional support to both carers and the cared for who need to come to terms with a diagnosis. We introduce clients to carers groups and offer information and advice.
Phone: 0151 482 3456
Email: helenmorris@ageukwirral.org.uk or lisa.cummings@ageukwirral.org.uk
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We aim to help with your caring responsibilities so you can maintain some independence and balance in your own life. This support could be: information and advice about support that is available, a referral to carer support services in the community or a personal budget or grant to help meet some of your own needs.
Phone: 0151 606 2006, Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm
Email: cadt@wirral.gov.uk​​
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Wirral University Teaching Hospitals
The Carer Passport supports staff to honour our carers' pledge by acknowledging the patient has a carer in place and values their input. Whilst you are providing carer support at the Trust, we will ask you what support you as a carer may need and will strive to support you or help you find relevant support.
This may include:
• Ensuring the patient’s discharge planning takes your needs and abilities into account
• Opportunity for training and education to help you prepare for discharge and become confident in new or complex care cases
• Review the possibility of staying overnight if requested
• Flexible visiting hours
Phone: 0151 678 5111
Email: WUTH.corporatenursing@nhs.net
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