Resources

Carers Trust offers a wide range of resources and information for anyone who works with carers. To find a resource, please use the search options in the right hand column or search through the list below. If you have any queries about our resources, please contact web@carers.org.

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Toolkit

Carers and Hospital Discharge Toolkit for London Hospitals and Community Providers

This resource has been created as a toolkit for London hospitals and community providers and provides action-orientated ‘Top tips’ for good practice, aimed at improving outcomes for all carers through their hospital journey.

Published: 2023

Guidance

Social Prescribing Information Sheet for Local Carer Organisations

This document has been co-designed by Carers Trust and Carers UK, local carer support organisations, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) and NHS England.

It is a short guide for anyone working at a local carer support organisation and explains what social prescribing is, how it can help unpaid carers, and how you can get involved in social prescribing projects.

Published: 2023

Toolkit

Aberdeenshire Young Carers

Welcome to the new Digital Education Hub for all staff in Scotland working with young carers in schools. These resources are for Aberdeenshire.

Published: 2022

Toolkit

Adnoddau i gefnogi meddygon teulu i adnabod gofalwyr hŷn

Mae’r Ymddiriedolaeth Gofalwyr wedi lansio cyfres newydd o adnoddau, i helpu staff meddygon teulu a gofal sylfaenol i nodi a chefnogi gofalwyr hŷn.

Mae'r adnoddau'n cynnwys taflen, cerdyn cyswllt, a phoster, sydd i gyd ar gael yn ddigidol ac fel adnoddau y gellir eu hargraffu. Maent wedi cael eu cynhyrchu fel rhan o brosiect ar y cyd rhwng Age Cymru ac Ymddiriedolaeth Gofalwyr Cymru, a ariennir gan Lywodraeth Cymru.

Published: 2022

Research

Experiences of Unpaid Carers caring for someone with Dementia

Carers Trust Wales’ report, ‘Experiences of unpaid carers caring for someone with dementia’, draws on the contextually rich narratives of carers of people living with dementia. Individual interviews were conducted during the pandemic.

Published: 2022

Research

Profiadau gofalwyr di-dâl yn gofalu am rywun â dementia

Mae adroddiad Ymddiriedolaeth Gofalwyr Cymru, ‘Profiadau gofalwyr di-dâl yn gofalu am rywun â dementia’, yn tynnu ar naratifau cyd-destunol gyfoethog gofalwyr pobl sy’n byw gyda dementia. Cynhaliwyd y cyfweliadau yn ystod y pandemig.

Published: 2022

Research

Research exploring experiences of unpaid carers from Black, Asian and minority Ethnic Communities

We carried out semi structured interviews with carers from diverse communities to begin to gain a richer understanding and to identify how some of these challenges can be addressed.

Published: 2022

Toolkit

Resources To Help GPs Identify Older Carers

Carers Trust Wales have launched a new series of resources, to help GP and primary care staff to identify and support older carers.

The resources consist of a leaflet, a contact card, and a poster, all of which are available both digitally and as printable resources.

Published: 2022

Research

Scottish Young Carers Festival 2022 Report

This report brings together the consultation feedback gathered at the 2022 Scottish Young Carers Festival.

Published: 2022

How-to-guide

Social Prescribing Good Practice and Top Tips

These documents showcase good practice in Social Prescribing and interventions combatting loneliness amongst unpaid carers. They explore how local VCSE organisations and statutory partners have worked together to develop successful Social Prescribing and interventions aimed at combatting loneliness amongst unpaid carers.

Published: 2022