If you are please let us know - we may be able to help you. Did you know that carers are entitled to an annual health assessment and flu jab?

Download further information about useful local resources below:

Respite Breaks for Carers

Useful Contacts for Carers

Important Information about Screening

Please complete our Carer's Survey here.

https://www.eastriding.gov.uk/living/care-and-support-for-adults/carers/support-for-carers/

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What is a carer's assessment?

A carer’s assessment can be done to find out how your life is being affected by caring for someone and where you may need support from the council if you are found to be eligible.

A carer’s assessment covers:

• what type of care and support you provide 
• how the care you provide affects your health and wellbeing 
• how you feel about caring and how it affects your life options 
• the impact that caring for someone has on areas of your life such as your aspirations, your work, leisure, and recreational activity and your other relationships. 

You don’t need the permission of the person you care for to ask for an assessment.

To get an assessment contact the carers' support service.

The carer’s assessment process involves the following steps:

1. The carer contacts the council by phone, email or in person (see contact details below) to request an assessment
2. A social care worker explains the assessment process. At this point, you can choose your preferred method of assessment
3. The assessment is carried out by a social care worker who will then make a decision about whether you are eligible
4. You will then be notified of whether you are eligible. The social care worker will provide any advice and direct you to the support you need
5. If you are eligible you will need to complete a support plan to find out how best you can be supported and achieve any goals that were identified by the assessment
6. Roughly 8 weeks after the support plan was agreed it is reviewed to see if you are happy with how it is going and the plan can be amended if needed. Then once a year after that the support plan is reviewed again.

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

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 Assement
  

  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