Carers

CareChoices: Bedfordshire Care Services Directory

The care information covers Central Bedfordshire, Bedford Borough and Luton and includes guidance on paying for care, different support options and finding help to live at home

Website: www.carechoices.co.uk

Bedfordshire Carers Guide

Carers in Bedfordshire strive to identify and support all carers of family and friends. We will enhance their health and well-being by offering specialist support according to their needs and wishes.

We will ensure carers voices are heard and respected in the development and delivery of all services.

Telephone: 1135507

Website: www.carersinbeds.org.uk

Email: contact@carersinbeds.org.uk

Homecare Laundry MK

Milton Keynes Council’s Laundry Service operates a professional service across the Milton Keynes area, for anyone who has a current care need or requires short term support with their washing and ironing.

Website: www.milton-keynes.gov.uk

Carers UK

Provides support to those in the Central Bedfordshire Council area and the Bedford Borough Council area.

Telephone: 0300 111 1919

Email: contact@carersinbeds.org.uk

Website: www.carersuk.org

Young Carers MK (Milton Keynes Patients Only)

Young carers are 8-19 year olds caring for a family member with a physical or mental illness, a disability, or a drug or alcohol related problem. The person being cared for may be a parent, sibling or other relative living in the same household.

Telephone: 01908 231703

Website: www.youngcarersmk.org

Email: mail@carersmiltonkeynes.org

NHS Carers Support Guide

If you or someone you know needs help with day-to-day living because of illness or disability, this website explains your options and where you can get support.

Website: www.nhs.uk/social-care-and-support-guide

Bedfordshire Memory Navigation Service

When you’re caring for someone with dementia, it is very easy to ignore your own needs and to forget to look after yourself too. The type of support you need will vary depending on your individual circumstances.

Carers in Bedfordshire offers a variety of support routes from 1:1 home visits, drop in Memory Gateway groups providing information and advice to weekly Carers Rest meetings where dementia carers can meet, socialise, chat and play games.

Telephone: 0300 111 9090

Website: www.memoryinbeds.org.uk

Carers in Bedforshire

Carers in Bedfordshire strive to identify and support all carers of family and friends. They aim to enhance their health and well-being by offering specialist support according to their needs and wishes, making sure carers’ voices are heard and respected in the development and delivery of all services.

Telephone: 0300 111 1919

Website: www.carersinbeds.org.uk

Respite At Home

Respite At Home Volunteers West Mid Beds & Ivel Valley provides services to:

Children/young people
People with disabilities
People of a particular ethnic or racial origin
Elderly/old people

They aim to befriend, listen and give practical help to patients with life-limiting illnesses and their families in mid-Bedfordshire and Ivel Valley. It is a free and confidential service. Volunteers visit patients in their homes for up to three hours per week.

Telephone: 01234 743 063

Milton Keynes Community Alarm and Telecare Services

Community Alarms work through the telephone to enable people to call for help if they fall, or are taken ill. Telecare works in conjunction with the alarm unit offering a range of wireless sensors that help to manage risks to a person’s health and well being in their own home.