Carers
Are you a carer?
A carer is someone who looks after someone else, without payment. This could be a friend, neighbour or relative who cannot manage on their own because of frailty, illness or disability.
The term "carer" does not include care worker or anyone who is paid to look after someone. It also does not include volunteers and foster carers.
The term "carer" also includes young carers and parent carers.
By young carer we mean carers who are under the age of 18. The person they look after is often a parent, but can be a brother or sister, grandparent or other relative.
By parent carer we mean a parent of a disabled child. Parents will often see themselves as a parent rather than a carer, but their child will have additional care needs and may be entitled to additional services.
For more information about what we can do for carers, take a look at the links below:
There are many other local and national organisations that can help carers.
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