Carers
Patient and carer information includes guidance and advice.
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Files(22)
| Name | Size/Type | Description | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Action for Young Carers | 13KB DOCX | Action for Young Carers is a free and confidential service that supports young carers in Nottingham City. They have a new App 'Mind of my Own' to help our young carers to keep in touch. | 03 Jan 2025 |
| Advice for single parents (NHS) | 13KB DOCX | If you're bringing up a child on your own, do not be afraid to ask for help from friends and family. You may also find that other single parents are a good source of support. | 01 Aug 2024 |
| Being a Carer (Nottingham City Council) | 15KB DOCX | If someone relies on you for support regularly or is going to rely on you, then you have the right to an assessment of your needs. | 15 Apr 2025 |
| Being a young carer - your rights (NHS) | 13KB DOCX | You're a young carer if you're under 18 and help to look after a relative with a disability, illness, mental health condition, or drug or alcohol problem. | 03 Jan 2025 |
| Building confidence around dogs (Dogs Trust) | 14KB DOCX | Here you can find information that might help children and families build confidence around dogs and be safe whilst out and about. The downloadable booklet contains helpful advice and handy tips on what fear is and how anxiety can be managed. | 16 Apr 2025 |
| Carer Peer Support Service | 262KB PDF | Peer Support is when people use their own lived experiences to help each other. It offers social, emotional and practical support between people who have been through similar situations. | 26 Aug 2026 |
| Carer's Allowance (GOV.UK) | 16KB DOCX | This website provides information, advice and guidance on Carer's Allowance and making a claim. | 17 Apr 2025 |
| Carer's assessments (NHS) | 16KB DOCX | If you care for someone, you can have an assessment to see what might help make your life easier. This is called a carer's assessment. | 17 Apr 2025 |
| Carers information pack - Do you look after someone? | 14KB DOCX | Nottinghamshire County Council, Nottingham City Council and NHS Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Integrated Care Board (ICB) work together with carers and partner services to deliver high quality support to carers in Nottinghamshire. This pack will give you information on support for carers. | 17 Apr 2025 |
| Carers, Families, Siblings and Friends (Nottinghamshire Healthcare) | 14KB DOCX | Unpaid carers (families, friends, partners and siblings) are an essential part of the team that support the people we provide care for. We will listen and communicate with carers, involve them in people’s care, and help them to get support when they need it. | 17 Apr 2025 |
| Cassidy 136 Suite - Information for patients and carers (Nottinghamshire Healthcare) | 624KB PDF | Cassidy 136 Suite is a place of Safety compromising of two beds. Most Patients admitted come to Cassidy Suite on a Section 135 or Section 136 of The Mental Health Act. If there is a shortage of inpatient Beds then you may be admitted to the Cassidy Suite as a Step-Up patient until an In-Patient bed can be identified. Both rooms have en-suite facilities. | 23 Apr 2025 |
| Coping while caring for someone else (Mind) | 15KB DOCX | This website provides advice for people who are supporting or acting as a carer for someone else, and want to know how to look after their own mental health. It offers advice on how to look after yourself and where to get further support. | 02 May 2025 |
| East Midlands Carers Hub | 14KB DOCX | This is the link to TuVida (East Midlands) who support family carers and the people they care for. | 25 Jul 2025 |
| Eating Enough in Later Life | 15KB DOCX | This leaflet will help you spot the signs that an older person you care for isn’t maintaining a healthy weight. It will also provide advice on how to take action, meal suggestions and information on organisations that can support you | 29 Jul 2025 |
| Encouraging better behaviour - A practical guide to positive parenting | 14KB DOCX | We know how challenging it can be to balance all the demands parents have to cope with. That’s why we’ve put together some tips to help. All children need boundaries and discipline, and this guide helps you develop what works for you and your child. | 12 Nov 2024 |
| Family relationships - a guide for siblings of autistic people (National Autistic Society) | 13KB DOCX | This tool kit is for children who have a brother or sister diagnosed with autism, and their families. | 08 Oct 2024 |
| FAQs (The Sleep Charity) | 13KB DOCX | Are you struggling to sleep? Does you keep your partner awake at night? Perhaps you sleep too much? Why not have a browse through some of our FAQ’s | 08 Oct 2024 |
| Getting support if you are a young carer or young adult carer (Carers Trust) | 16KB DOCX | There are lots of organisations that can help you if you are a young carer or young adult carer. | 11 Apr 2025 |
| Nottshelpyourself - Adults and Communities | 15KB DOCX | The Notts Help Yourself website offers a wide range of information and links to local self-help and support. | 03 Mar 2025 |
| Parentline (NHS) | 15KB DOCX | We now have a text messaging service for parents/carers of children aged 0-19. Get confidential advice from our Healthy Family Teams on a range of issues. | 03 Feb 2025 |