Carers Assessment need advice
Hello everyone i hope all is well ? I just need some advice i have a carer’s assessment next wednesday. I cannot tell you how happy and relieved I have been waiting since march. But i’m fully aware...
View ArticleHello - carer for a husband with anxiety and depression
Good morning. I’m new here. I’m only just getting to grips with the idea that I might be a carer! My husband suffers from anxiety and depression. He’s been up and down for the whole of our marriage...
View ArticleFeel trapped - partner had major stroke
Gonna try & put this as short as possible… My partner & I have been togerher for 24 years, but in November 2019 he had a major stroke resulting in me becoming his full time carer. He was...
View ArticleHello- Carer for autistic partner with acute depression
Hi. I’m new to the forum and to seeing myself as a ‘carer’. I’m very much the kind of person that always ‘wants to help’ so I hadn’t seen offering support to my partner as anything out of the...
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Removal of Single Person Discount
Angela Rayner is considering removing single person discount on council tax. If you’re the only person living with a disabled member as there carer. They disregard Carer’s which then means they are a...
View ArticleHow do you cope with the loneliness?
Hello, I just wanted to ask you all for some advice as you are the only people who will really get it. I have been a full time carer for my son for the last three years - he is nearly 23, and is...
View ArticleFilling in forms
Applying for a disability benefit can feel daunting - our animated video and web-page offer help on how to approach this task that can be all too easy to put off. Filling in forms | Carers UK What has...
View ArticleMy mental health
Hello all carers ive been caring for around 7 years part time at 1st and full time for around 4 years i have been struggling with my mental health and wanted to join this group to see if it would help...
View ArticleDouble Incontinence with bed bound patient (my wife)
I am an 80 year old carer of a wife of similar age who is bedbound at home, late stage Dementia and Doubley Incontinent .Dealing with all the personal care alone by choice! Anybody in a similar...
View ArticleHelp us fight carer poverty ahead of this Autumn Budget!
Hello all As Carers UK members, we would really appreciate your support in relation to some new research on carer poverty which we’ve released today and which you may have seen in the news. Carers UK...
View ArticleUniversal credit has stopped paying me
I guess i messed up by getting a job. I updated them for changes before i was paid back in July. I checked today and they haven’t paid me i checked last month and i wasn’t paid. I feel foolish can...
View ArticleStruggling with the adjustment as a carer
Hello all I’ll try keep this short as can be. I’ve joined this forum in the hope of making sense of my emotions and how to manage them. We very recently found out my Mum’s (58) cancer has come back in...
View ArticleEver decreasing circles
Hi Hope I qualify for this site - I have posted on here before for advice but mum is in a care home so I am still responsible and heavily involved in her care though I wish I wasn’t. There I’ve said...
View ArticleLPA jointly and severally dispute!
I am joint and severally LPA for health and finances with my sister for my father who has dementia. The time has come for him to be assessed for residential and or nursing care. His mental capacity...
View ArticleHow to have a holiday.
Hi, First timer. My local Carers Support group in West London told me about this forum. I care for my wife. We’re both in our mid-70s. She’s in a wheelchair, can’t walk at all and transfers with a...
View ArticleNeeding someone to listen. Don’t know what to do
I am new to this forum and page, although I have been a registered carer for my adult cousin for 9 years I have never had a break. We house shared for all this time and it has been extremely difficult...
View ArticleFeeling overwhelmed!
Hi I am a carer for my mum she takes care of her personal care but I look after the house, take her to appointments, look after her finances and be an emotional support. Since my dad died suddenly...
View ArticleSiblings and Caring
My Brother and Mum (she has Dementia so is muddled but she does still have capacity) agreed that I can be paid for caring for my Mum. I had to give up work as I couldn’t manage working and caring for...
View ArticleFeel like a walking zombie through lack of sleep
I care for mum, 87 with altzheimers, which is at the stage where she cant remember where the toilet is, or how to open a door . 2 posts - 2 participants Read full topic
View ArticleMy uncle thinks I've abandoned him
Hello, I’ll keep this short and sweet. For the last 6 months I’ve been a carer. I have been since my lovely aunty suddenly passed away. There was nobody else. For the last 2 weeks his carer has been...
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