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to as a terminal illness. Palliative care Palliative care is the treatment, care, and support for people with a life-limiting illness and their families and carers. Any treatment for the person you care for at this stage will be to manage their symptoms to ensure they have the best quality of life and to live as well as possible in the time left. It will concentrate on identifying their needs, preferences, and wishes and will include support to you and other family members, both practical and emotional. Palliative care can be provided at any stage of such life-limiting illness but it does… and pain-free as possible and involves managing often complex physical symptoms. It also ensures you, as their unpaid carer, get the emotional support that you need. End of life care also involves talking about what to expect towards the end of life: talking about what is important to the person…

their local social services team to get support with social care needs such as personal care. You may find caring for someone challenging, so ask for your own needs assessment to look at what support you might need in your caring role. This is called a carers assessment . Healthcare is provided free… or they may need to go into hospital in an emergency. Decisions about their end of life care may be made by staff in Accident and Emergency or by an assessment unit or ward. The hospital may have a palliative care unit or team where staff will help to control symptoms and provide emotional support…

There may be a number of people who become involved in the person you care for’s end of life care and the provision of support to you as their carer. The person you care for may receive support from some or all of the following people, and you and the person you care for can ask questions to any… assessment for social care ie. non-medical support, as well as carrying out a carer’s assessment of your own needs as the carer. When a terminal illness has been diagnosed a specialist palliative care team will assess the needs of the person you care for and your own needs as a carer. This team… and cope better with the situation. A chaplain is a cleric (minister, priest, pastor, rabbi, or imam) or a lay representative of religious tradition attached to a hospital or hospice. Their role is to offer spiritual support to you and the person you care for. A chaplain will listen to how you feel…

Loneliness means feeling alone. Social isolation means not having many people to talk to. You can be alone and not feel lonely or isolated. You can also feel lonely even when you are with other people. Here are some tips to help you stay active, connect with others and make friends. There are national and local organisations that offer face-to-face or phone support to people who feel lonely or isolated. National organisations include Silverline , Re-engage , and Independent Age . Tandridge Community Companions is a local organisation. There are other befriending organisations in Surrey too, like Good Neighbour Schemes . Age UK Surrey and Age Concern have many services and activities for anyone over the age of 50. Men in Sheds is a group just for men to meet, talk and make things. Some of these services might charge a small fee.…

centres and support groups for people with a learning disability or physical disability .…

You can find arts and sports and groups on Connect to Support Surrey . These groups can help you out of the house and make new friends. The groups include: art choirs gardening walking groups walking sports like footfall or netball Social prescribing can help you to improve your health and wellbeing. The service helps you find things you can do in your local community. It's free to use, although some of activities may charge. All the services can give you advice and support on topics like: mental health emotional wellbeing a chance to get out and meet new people Depending on where you live you may have to go through: a GP or nurse social worker benefits advisor community pharmacist In other areas you can contact them direct. Healthy Surrey can provide help and support if you want to: improve your mental wellbeing get more active…

. As long as your life is affected in some way by your caring role you are entitled to an assessment. If there are other people in your family providing support to the same person they too may benefit from a carer’s assessment. A carer’s assessment isn’t rationed to one per cared for person. If you… with you, exploring how caring is impacting on you, what your own needs are, and seeing if you are eligible for any help and support. You can ask to have a separate assessment or you can combine your assessment with the social care need’s assessment of the person you care for. It’s up to you…? If the answer is yes to these questions you are likely to be eligible for help and support. If the assessor decides you do have eligible needs then Surrey County Council is legally obliged to meet those needs and must draw up a support plan for you showing how those needs will be met. This may…

want less frequent but longer breaks enabling you to take a holiday, catch up on sleep, or pursue a hobby. Whilst having that break someone will need to look after the person you normally care for. This could be another family member, a care worker coming in to provide support in the home… a carer’s health needs. Your local Surrey County Council social care team. You are entitled to your own carer’s assessment and as a result of that assessment, you may be offered your own support. This could be in the form of a direct payment to enable you to pay for a day out, a short holiday or to pursue a hobby or interest. Social care teams will also assess the person you care for, with a view to arranging care for them (or giving them a direct payment) so that you can safely leave them and have peace of mind. Social care support for the person you care for is however subject to a financial…

the home pressures you are under and may even be able to help you access some support for example in-house counselling service. Some employers even have a carer’s policy or a carer support group to support staff in the workplace. Talk to your manager or to someone in HR to see what is in place for carers. Think about talking to work colleagues about your caring situation as they too can provide support. You may well find that other colleagues are carers and it gives you someone to talk to. Think carefully before giving up your job if you feel you cannot manage your time. Talk to your…

If you are caring for a person with a terminal illness, it can be difficult to find time to think about your own health needs. However, by ignoring your own health needs you may become unwell yourself and be unable to provide the care and support that you want to. If feeling stressed you may… your blood pressure, weight, and urine as well as a general discussion about your health. Your pharmacist can also help. If registered as a carer, the practice can try to be more flexible in terms of finding your appointments as well as referring you for further support using the Surrey carer’s prescription scheme . You may also be able to access a one- off GP carer’s break payment to support your own health needs, for example, to fund an exercise class. Ask your surgery for a registration form or download a form. Be mindful that you will be vulnerable to injury, particularly when you…