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Tuesday 07 October 2008
Social care and health section

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.


Find out more:

Contact our Customer Service Centre for more information.

Have a look at our carers links page for details of other sources of information for carers.

Download our 'Do you look after someone?' leaflet [PDF 192KB]

Download copies of our Carers Newsletters

First Edition [PDF 127KB]

Second edition [PDF 4.6MB]

Third edition [PDF 5.3MB]

Fourth edition [PDF 1.4MB]

Fifth edition [PDF 1.2MB]

In order to read  these documents you will need to download Adobe Acrobat (for pdf format) viewer. These are available from the Plug-ins page.

Useful information on pdf files and their accessibility is available at: http://access.adobe.com

Publications

View the list of County Council publications on social care and health subjects that are available to the public.

Cinema Card for Carers

Special Concessions for Carers - Cinema Exhibitors Association (CEA) Concessionary Card

The Cinema Exhibitors Association (CEA) aims to help carers get concessionary cinema tickets at all major cinema chains in the UK.

In association with cinema companies and the Disability Rights Commission, the Cinema Exhibitors Association (CEA) have introduced an ID card. This entitles the holder to one free ticket for a person accompanying them to the cinema.

This card is also accepted by all major Cinema chains in the UK. CEA information leaflets and application forms are available from most cinema Box Offices.

To apply for the card you will need to meet one or more of the following criteria:

  • Be in receipt of disability living allowance.
  • Be a registered blind person.
  • Be a holder of a disabled person's rail card.

For further information please contact The Card Network on 0845 123 1295 minicom / textphone 0151 356 7113 or visit http://www.ceacard.co.uk/.

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