Crossroads Care - Torbay
What is a Carer?
A Carer is someone of any age who provides unpaid support to family or friends who could not manage without this help. This could be caring for a relative, partner or friend who is ill, frail, disabled or has mental health or substance misuse problems.
Carers may even be juggling paid work with their unpaid caring responsibilities at home. The term Carer should not be confused with a care worker, or care assistant, who receives payment for looking after someone.
If you are a Carer, your local Crossroads Care scheme can offer you support. Each local scheme is an independent charity, which has its own funding streams and is therefore able to provide additional services according to funding and demand at a local level.
Why do carers need support?
Carers are the largest source of care and support in each area of the UK. It is in everyone’s interest that they are supported.
Taking on a caring role can mean facing a life of poverty, isolation, frustration, ill health and depression. Many carers give up an income, future employment prospects and pension rights to become a carer.
The majority of carers struggle alone and do not know that help is available to them.
Carers say that access to information, financial support and breaks in caring are vital in helping them manage the impact of caring on their lives.
Carers experience many different caring situations. A carer could be someone looking after a new baby with a disability or caring for an elderly parent, someone supporting a partner with a substance misuse or mental health problem. Despite these differing caring roles, all carers share some basic needs. All carers also need services to be able to recognise the individual and changing needs throughout their caring journey.
Carers often suffer ill-health due to their caring role. To care safely and maintain their own physical and mental health and well-being, carers need information, support, respect and recognition from the professionals with whom they are in contact. Improved support for the person being cared for can make the carer’s role more manageable.
Carers need support to be able to juggle their work and caring roles or to return to work if they have lost employment due to caring.
Post-caring, carers may need support to rebuild a life of their own and reconnect with education, work or a social life.
With an ageing population, the UK will need more care from families and friends in the future. This is an issue that will touch everyone’s life at some point. Carer support concerns everyone.
Our Services
Carers’ Breaks service in Torbay
Everybody needs a break from time to time, but if you’re caring for someone who is frail, disabled or in poor health it can be extremely difficult to get away. You are not alone. Flexible, tailored support is available, should you need it.
This new service has been designed to give Carers time off from their caring responsibilities and has been created around the real needs of Carers and their families. It offers a fully responsive service matching the specific needs of those who use it.
What services do we provide?
We will support you to take the break of your choice, whenever you want it. We will make all the necessary arrangements.
What does the service cost?
Our charges depend on the kind of service you require. We will tell you exactly what the break will cost on a no-obligation basis.
Contact Us
Tel: 01803 323510
Fax: 01803 323510
Address:
The Olive Carers Centre, St Edmunds Victoria Park Road
Torquay, Devon TQ1 3QH
Opening hours:
9.00am-17.00pm
Areas we cover:
Torbay, Devon.
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Upcoming events
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Future Events
If you would like further details about the 55+ and Retirement Roadshows or would like to take part in any of these exhibitions, please contact info@retirementroadshow.co.uk
or
Victoria.milsom@thenationalcareline.org
Testimonials from visitors of previous shows
Kidderminster 12-6-16 at The Town Hall.
Just a few lines to thank you for the wonderful hospitality shown to me on Saturday. I enjoyed myself immensely and I was good to chat with the exhibitors at the Roadshow. My sincere thanks and gratitude to everyone involved. Councillor Mary Rayner, Mayor of Kidderminster
The Guildhall, Worcester 25-3-2017
"I thoroughly enjoyed walking around and talking to so many people at the event. It was so informative and I saw so many people doing good for others who were less fortunate than themselves. This kind of activity is so important for any civilized society so a very big "thank you" to you for organizing it all." Mr A
Mr and Mrs M said, " wonderful show, packed with information".
Mrs J said," I am so glad that I went in, there was something for everyone. I will definitely be going again next year".
The Guildhall, Worcester 9-3-2019
Take a look at the video of our latest show. We were very busy from start to finish.
It was a great day and enjoyed by all. Click this link and take a look.
You could also view what went on when we last visited Kidderminster
watch the Retirement Roadshow video
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