Registering as a Carer
Please let us know if you look after someone, unpaid, who couldn’t cope without your help?
- We can help to keep you well by offering you a carers healthcheck and seasonal flu jab.
- We can also refer you to Carers in Herts who provide lots of information and support for carers
- If you identify yourself as a carer when you call reception, we will try our best to be flexible in booking your appointments including during the late nights and Saturdays that we are open.
To register as a carer please complete the Carers Referral Form and return it to New Road Surgery. We will then identify you as a carer on your medical record and forward this referral form to Carers in Herts. Please note if you send this directly to Carers in Herts then we will not have you recorded as a carer on your clinical record.
Carers in Hertfordshire aims to help carers take better care of themselves through breaks, leisure and learning opportunities and by ensuring they focus on their own health and wellbeing. They provide information and support to help you in your caring role. They can also help you to identify ways to make time for yourself; focus on your own health needs and access local leisure and learning opportunities.
Carers in Hertfordshire
Carers in Hertfordshire exists to support people in their caring role. All their services are free.
Tel: 01992 58 69 69
The nearest carer hub in based at Christ Church, Chorleywood. It meets the third Monday of each month. More details are available from their website linked above.
Information For Carers
If you support someone who could not manage without you, you are a carer. As a carer, you need to look after your own health and wellbeing too. Carers in Hertfordshire is a local charity providing free help and support to any carer living or working in the county.
Am I a carer?
The person you look after might have a physical or learning difficulty, be ill or frail, have mental health problems or misuse drugs or alcohol. They may be your child, partner or parent, or a friend or neighbour, and they might live with you or live elsewhere.
Whatever your situation, make sure your GP knows you are a carer and contact Carers in Hertfordshire for information and support.
Breaks for Carers
Breaks for Carers in Hertfordshire initiative to provide funded breaks for carers. Grants are available for all sorts of things such as gym membership, massage, a weekend away or a new hobby – whatever will have the greatest benefits for your health.
As a carer, Make a Difference can give you a break and help you stay well. Talk to your GP about a referral or contact Carers in Hertfordshire for more information.
Caring with Confidence
Not only are these courses practical and informative, they are a great place to meet others in the same situation as you and to share experiences.
Having a voice
Information and advice
Call today on 01992 58 69 69.
Carers in Hertfordshire also provides specific support for people caring for those with dementia, drug or alcohol issues, mental health problems or learning disabilities, as well as parent carers.
Learning and leisure
Support groups
Young carers
Herts Careline & Location Service
Herts Careline has a range of services to enable independent living for older adults and those who need some support.
Community alarms and pendants
How the pendant alarm service works
When you press your pendant, you’ll speak to a highly experienced call operator 24/7 who will make sure you get the help you need. We can alert a family member or friend to reassure you, or we’ll call the emergency services if required. All from our Hertfordshire based Control Room.
When you join, you’ll be asked to provide the contact details of friends, family members or neighbours to act as Volunteer Responders – who you’d like us to call for reassurance or help if there’s an issue.
Are You a Carer?
If you are please let us know – we may be able to help you
There is a wealth of information on the NHS website about carers and caring. Below are some links into the site that we hope you will find useful.
- A guide to care and support
- Information for carers and people who have care & support needs.
- Caring for someone
- Advice on providing care, medicines etc.
- Care after hospital
- Providing care for people who have been recently discharged from hospital.
- Taking a break
- Caring for someone can be a full-time job – find out about accessing breaks and respite care.
- Support and benefits for carers
- Caring for someone can be a full-time job – find out about accessing breaks and respite care.
- Work and Disability
- Guidance, support and help with employment issues.
- Being a Young carer
- Advice for carers 18 or under and their entitlement to support
Finance and Law
Help claiming benefits, looking after your bank balance and understanding the legal issues of caring.
- Benefits for carers
- Directing carers to the benefits that can help them in their caring role
- Benefits for the under-65s
- Advice and information on helping the person you look after get the benefits that they are entitled to.
- Benefits for the over-65s
- Advice and information on financial support for older people with a disability or illness.
- Carer’s Assessment
- How your benefits maybe affected after the death of the person you look after and what happens to their benefits
- Other benefits
- Advice for carers and the people they are looking after on claiming a whole host of other benefits unrelated to their disability or caring