Carers Intensive Support Team
The Carers Intensive Support Team will be available at Norton Place every first Wednesday of the month (unless stated otherwise).
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Upcoming dates:​
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Wednesday 6th November 2024 9:30am-3pm
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Wednesday 5th February 2025 9:30am-3pm
There is no drop in for Wednesday 4th December.
The service covers all areas of health and wellbeing, the team can be the link between the community and healthcare. They can offer support and assistance to carers that meet their criteria.
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What does the team offer:
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Crisis intervention to prevent Carer breakdown
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Comprehensive personalised Carers Health and Wellbeing Checks for Physical, Mental, Social and Emotional Health
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Identify carers who are living with long term conditions and who neglect their own health due to their caring role
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Support early identification of respiratory disease, hypertension and frailty as well as deteriorating mental health and other long term conditions
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Support and enable Carers who are disadvantaged either by literacy deficits or digitally to access all available support to build understanding and resilience for the future
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Enable the carer to think about their wellbeing by accessing community support to manage caring responsibilities
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Identify and support access to NHS Talking Therapies services for common mental health issues such as anxiety & depression
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The following criteria is:
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The cared for must have suspected or confirmed dementia (any age), frailty or mental health (over 65)
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The Carer is over 65 unless caring for someone with dementia then the Carer can be any age
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The referral must come from a colleague with eyes on the situation (no self-referral)
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What is dementia?
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Dementia is a syndrome (a group of related symptoms) associated with an ongoing decline of brain functioning. There are many different causes of dementia, and many different types. More information can be found at www.nhs.uk/conditions/dementia/about-dementia/what-is-dementia/
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What is frailty?
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NHS England describes frailty as a loss of resilience that means people don't bounce back quickly after a physical or mental illness, an accident or other stressful event. Visit www.ageuk.org.uk/our-impact/policy-research/frailty-in-older-people/understanding-frailty/ for more information.
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