Carer Support

Support for Friends and Family Carers

Do you provide support to a partner, relative, friend or neighbour who couldn’t cope without your help? This could be due to old age, frailty, disability, a serious health condition, mental ill health or substance misuse. If the answer is YES, you are an Carer.

Many carers do not identify themselves as a carer. Instead, they see themselves as someone’s partner, relative or friend who is simply ‘doing their best’ to help someone.

Carers’ Support Worker Claire Horton is based at our Pembroke House Surgery on Wednesday and Thursday, to help carers obtain the help, support and information they need. Claires working hours are Monday, Wednesday and Thursday 9am-5pm and Friday 9am-4pm

If you are a carer of any age, and are looking after a relative or friend, and need advice and support, please contact Claire..

There are many benefits of being identified as a carer, which include:

We offer:
• Free Health and Wellbeing Checks
• A free flu jab each year
• Someone to talk to
• Discounts, finance and benefits advice
• Free Hospital Parking*
*Conditions apply

Ask us about a free Carer’s Passport:

Free Emergency Card + back-up plan

Meet our Carer Support Worker:

You can contact Claire by emailing her at enquiries.pembrokehouse@nhs.net  or d-icb.carersupportreferrals.pembroke@nhs.net or calling 01803 553558. If you call when Claire is not available, reception staff will take your details, and Claire will call you back when she has availability

Why not come along to our Carer’s coffee afternoon, that runs on the first Wednesday of the month, 1-3pm at St Pauls Church Paignton, to meet and chat with other unpaid carers.

Signpost for Carers Information Line

Telephone: (01803) 666620

Email: signposts@nhs.net

To see the latest Signposts For Carers newsletter please click here.

Torbay Carers on can be found on facebook by following this link.

Benefits advice for carers

For help with completing benefit forms please contact the following;

Bay Benefits @ Carers Aid Torbay on 07530 790354.