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Care
There are a number of groups and organisations that provide advice and support to different sections of the community.
In this section
- Application form - community care enquiries
- CareConnect - Information on a wide range of health, social and community care issues
- Care homes and sheltered housing
- Carer support
- Counselling
- Direct payments - You can use direct payments to pay for personal care and other kinds of support
- Financial assessment - How much you need to pay for care services
- Home care
- Hospital: help going in and leaving
- Pet care
- Respite care for children - Short-term care to relieve parents or usual carers for a child
- Social services for adults and older people
- Transforming adult social care
See also
- Health
- HIV and AIDS - information on services for adults and children affected by HIV or AIDS
- Supporting People - Housing-related support services for vulnerable people.
- Merton Local Involvement Network - for health and social care services
Merton carer support groups
Caring for someone can be very isolating. Merton carer support groups can help carers:
- cope with caring responsibilities
- meet other carers in similar situations
- alleviate some of the isolation felt by carers
For details of support groups in your area visit:
- Carers Support Merton - support services for adult and young carers
- Crossroads - Caring for Carers - home based, individual respite service to carers and people with care needs within Merton
Related websites or documents
- Guide2Care website - is a comprehensive information service for those providing care and those seeking information about the different care options available
- Merton Mencap website - leading learning disability charity working with people with a learning disability and their families and carers
- Somali Care Agency website - an accredited agency providing professional domicilary care for the elderly, disabled and infirm people
- St Raphael’s Hospice website - care for people with terminal and long-term illness
- Social Care Training
This page was last updated on Thursday 22 April 2010