Care Quality Commission is the independent regulator of health and adult social care in England. They make sure health and social care services provide people with safe, effective, compassionate, high-quality care and encourage care services to improve.
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The National Careline provides help and guidance to older people, carers and families, to find their way through the social care maze and enable them to plan ahead with more confidence. Their website offers lots of advice and information about care options and funding for older people. Their objective is to provide a portal that signposts users to various organisations, including Government departments and support networks.
Late Spring is a network of support groups for anyone aged 60+ who has been bereaved. Sessions provide an opportunity to remember with others who understand and to remember that, in the midst of the pain, there is still life left to live. Late Spring is not a counselling service, but an opportunity for people to meet with others in a warm, friendly, and supportive environment.
Dementia UK is the specialist dementia nursing charity that is there for the whole family. Their specialist nurses, known as Admiral Nurses, provide life-changing advice and support, to anyone affected by dementia, whenever it is needed.
The Admiral Nurse Dementia Helpline is for anyone with a question or concern about Dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. From looking out for the first symptoms of Alzheimer’s, to understanding the challenges of living with someone with vascular dementia, our specialist Admiral Nurses have the knowledge and experience to understand the situation and suggest answers that might be hard to find elsewhere.
Carers Trust is a major charity for carers. They offer specialist services for carers of people of all ages and conditions and a range of individually tailored support and group activities.
The branch in Oxfordshire is called Crossroads Care, and they strive in providing carers with emotional support and making it personal to each individual’s needs.
Contact provides support for parents and carers of disabled children. They bring families together to support each other and help families to campaign, volunteer and fundraise to improve life for themselves and others.
Contact understand that life with a disabled child brings its unique challenges, and they exist to help families feel valued, supported, confident and informed around this.
Offering advice and support to parents/carers on a range of topics such as benefits, social care, medical information and preparing for adult life. They have a free helpline and additional appointments are available as well.
Contact provide programmes, workshops and courses with a range of information and topics to support families. They also have parent support groups and online communities for parents/carers to be able to connect with each other and share experiences.
Carers UK have a dual purpose for carers: To support the carers community, as well as drive the movement for change. By sharing experiences and offering support, Carers UK can help improve the lives of carers.
They give advice, information and support for carers, and campaign for carers rights. They are there to make a difference, and ensure that no matter how complicated your query or your experience, you do not have to care alone.
Carers Oxfordshire is a free service for unpaid adult carers of someone living in Oxfordshire.
That means if you are 18 or older and a child, adult or both, who lives in Oxfordshire rely on you, you can rely on us.
Whether you’re taking on a caring role for the first time, or have many years’ experience, we can help you.
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We can offer advice and information and let you know about our wellbeing offers, or you can simply sign up to receive our newsletter that gives lots of information about services and activities going on.
If you need more, a carer’s assessment is the best way to look at what support you might need to help you to look after yourself and stay well and safe while you are caring for someone.
We want you to know that when you speak to us, we have a wealth of experience, we won’t overwhelm you with information or advice and you don’t have to take any support we offer if you don’t want to. We can help you to tackle the things you feel that are difficult and find solutions that can make caring easier. Our team are here to listen and to help whatever your caring situation is.
Their service is built on a recovery-based approach. They focus on supporting carers to regain a fulfilling and meaningful quality of life outside of their caring role.
They aim to equip carers with the confidence, skills, and knowledge they need to make their caring responsibilities more manageable, while also enabling them to step back when needed to prioritise their own wellbeing.
By working in partnership with carers, they help them identify and build on their strengths, promote their health and wellbeing, and empower them to recognise these strengths as sources of resilience and resourcefulness when facing challenges, problems, or crises.