A carer is someone of any age who provides unpaid support to family or friends who could not manage without this help. This may be due to a physical or learning disability, mental health condition, long-term illness, addiction or substance misuse.
Even parents of children and young people with SEND are carers, brothers and sisters could be young carers.
Grandparents may also be carers and require support and seek information at any time.
It is important to spell this out because we know from speaking to some parents, and also young people, that they don't recognise themselves as "carers" just family, doing what family do - caring. Families may not realise that there is a support network available.
Deteriorating emotional health and wellbeing
Deteriorating physical health and wellbeing
Worsening medical conditions
Social isolation
Loss of a sense of identity
Loneliness
Financial difficulties
Difficulties concentrating at work
Difficulties maintaining relationships
Parent Carer Foundation has set up a group called Friends of Crisp which is linked with CRISP and we hold regular pop in coffee mornings on Wednesday, Thursday and there will be more mornings to follow as soon as we had confirmation
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