Are You a Carer?
Carers are ordinary people of any age, sex, culture or background, who are unpaid and provide help to a friend, family member, who is ill, disabled, elderly or frail.
There is no "job description or minimum requirements" for being a carer and the level of care given varies and depends on the needs to the person receiving the care and what the person providing the care can do.
It can be helping with shopping, cooking or just popping in to make sure everything is okay to having someone completely dependent on you for all their needs, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and everything in between.
Being a carer can last for a few weeks while someone is recuperating from an operation or illness to long term caring for someone with an ongoing condition.
Helping someone you care for can be a rewarding experience but can at times be stressful, mentally and physically exhausting and sometimes isolating.
The Doctors, Nurses and support staff are committed to supporting carers in the vital role that they undertake.
If you are currently a carer or undertake a carers role please let us know and let us help you access the services available to support you.
You local carers office details:
The Princess Royal Trust
Carers Centre
Falkirk and Clackmannanshire
The Whins Resource Centre
Whins Road
ALLOA
FK10 3SA
Tel: 01259 219288
Website: www.carersfalkirk.org.uk
Email: alloaoffice@centralcarers.co.uk
The Princess Royal Trust Carers Centre is dedicated to the provision of information and support to carers and former carers in the Falkirk district and Clackmannanshire.
· Information is given over the telephone, by appointment at the Alloa office or on a home visit, with help to support carers, e.g. benefits; grants/funding; short breaks and holidays; community care services.
· Contact with other carers through regular group meetings, activities, training and social events.
· We offer support and activities for young carers
· A regular newsletter covering issues of interest to carers
· An Carers Information Pack
· A Carers Befriending service and Telephone Befriending service
· Volunteering Opportunities
· An opportunity to have a say in the development of services for carers
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