Support for unpaid carers in Camden

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Are you one of the thousands of people in Camden looking after a family member or friend regularly?

​We're here to support you in your caring role. Pop the kettle on and browse through the practical, emotional and financial support that we can access in Camden as a carer.

Kick-start with our Email Course

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To kick-start your support from us, sign-up to our five-part email course, designed specifically to help carers like you.

Establish strong foundations to your care or double-check you have the essentials in place.

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Connect with other carers

Community and support from other carers is at the heart of what we do. Connect with other carers on our virtual cuppas. Or if that is too big of a step, you're very welcome to join the Mobilise Hub, our free online space for unpaid carers. 

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Help for carers guide

We’ve created, with the input of unpaid carers, a comprehensive guide for you. A simple go-to place filled with practical, emotional and financial support to help support you as carers. ​

From home adaptations to saving tips on energy bills, take a look at our guide today.

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Ask our Mobilise Assistant anything

Whether you're struggling to find help with the cost of caring or incontinence, hospital discharge or respite, our AI-powered Mobilise Assistant is here to help you get quick answers about caring. 

Pop your questions in and get answers in seconds.

Discover what support is available in Camden

Whether you're new to caring or an old hand at it - welcome! Below are some helpful organisations that can offer us guidance in our caring role. 

Practical support for carers in Camden 

Caring for someone can bring on a myriad of emotions and challenging obstacles. If you are new to caring, it may be helpful to familiarise yourself with the first steps to getting help and support with our caring role.

1. Register with Camden Carers 

Registering as a carer can give us access to many financial, practical and emotional support. It saves us from having to repeat our situation to different people.

And ensures our GP also recognises our role as a carer.

To get started, simply register as a with Camden Carer.

 

2. Book a Carer's Assessment with Camden Carers

We can request a Carer’s Assessment with the Adult Social Care team, or Camden Carers. Whichever one we choose, we can find out how to do that here.

 

3. Support services in Camden

  • Age UK Camden - Offer support and services to older people.

  • Camden Care Choices - Offers advice and information to unpaid carers in Camden. 

  • Working for Carers Project in Camden - Offers carers (over 25) in Camden move closer to employment. Support includes CV building, training opportunities and one on one advice.

  • Centre 404 - Support for carers of children and adults with learning disabilities or autism.  ​

  • Camden Parent/Carer Forum - where parents and carers of children with special needs and disabilities come together to voice and influence local and national carer services. ​

Emotional support for carers in Camden

Knowing that we are not alone in our caring journey can make us feel less lonely. Camden Carers Centre and Mobilise are here for you.

1. Carer support groups in Camden

For those of us in Camden who value in person chats, Camden Carers Centre are open and supporting carers. Do pop in.

2. Counselling in Camden

If we are over 55 and registered to a GP in Camden, Age UK Camden offers in person or over the phone counselling. Declutter your thoughts and chat about the things that are worrying you, be it from relationships, or coming to terms with a diagnosis.

For those of us facing a challenge that’s affecting our mental health, Mind in Camden provides a one to one support call service where we can chat things through. They also have an 18 month Phoenix Wellbeing and Recovery service, tailored specifically around our experiences. 

Financial support for carers in Camden

As carers, there are some avenues to financial support.

We could start by getting in touch with Camden Carers for advice. They can also book your Carer’s Assessment for you. Which could lead to additional funding to support you, as well as advice on benefits.

Additional financial help for carers in Camden

Did you know that as a carer and resident of Camden, you are able to get a free consultation (visit to our home) to help you save money on energy bills? 

Camden works in partnership with Green Doctors London to ensure those of us who are on lower incomes can pay for gas and electricity. Find out more about Green Doctors London here. 

Respite and short breaks for carers in Camden

As carers, there are some avenues to financial support.

We could start by getting in touch with Camden Carers for advice. They can also book your Carer’s Assessment for you. Which could lead to additional funding to support you, as well as advice on benefits.

Additional financial help for carers in Camden

We all need to take a break from time to time.

Our first steps to this could be through booking our Carer’s Assessment with Camden Adult Social or Camden Carers. 

For parent carers, Camden Family Link also offers short, planned breaks for young children aged 0-18 by matching them with a carer in their family home.

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A Carer’s Assessment explores our individual caring situations. And helps us identify which areas of support we need - which includes taking a break.

In some cases, additional funding and extra support can come out of a Carer’s Assessment to help us arrange respite.

Support for dementia carers in Camden

Often, those of us caring for someone with dementia feel increased isolation.

Connecting with those in the same boat as us and ‘get it’ can bring us some reassurance that we’re not going through this alone. 

Here are some local support services in Camden for those dementia carers. 

1. Age UK Camden

Offers carers and dementia patients in Camden support through dementia wellbeing plans, befriending services.

With the aim to ensure those we care for with dementia stay socially engaged. 

2. In-home care for those with dementia

 3. Help Guide

For those of us still coming to terms with the diagnosis, the Help Guide has a helpful article on Coping with an Alzheimer's or Dementia Diagnosis. 

4. Book a free call

And remember, if you need a real person to talk to, you’re very welcome to book a free call with us to chat through your feelings with one of our Carer Coaches. 

Palliative care support for carers in Camden

End of life care (which includes palliative care) may be something that some of us have anticipated. Or will at some point. But not many of us know where to start.

To make it easier for you, we’ve listed helpful organisations that specialise in palliative care. And most importantly, words of wisdom from carers who have been through it themselves. 

Database of Hospices across the UK

End of life care and support for long term conditions.

Royal Trinity Hospice

End of life care supports carers with bereavement after the person we care for has passed away (if that person was known to palliative care services). 

How to cope when our caring role has come to an end

Advice and wisdom from real carers themselves, thanks to Jill from Camden Carers for writing this piece. 

Support for when the person we care dies

From emotional to practical support for ourselves, this piece was also built from collective input of carers themselves.

Bereavement support payments 

In the UK, the Government provides financial support known as ‘Bereavement Support Payments’ for us, if our spouse has passed away within the last 21 months. 

If it has been more than 21 months, we can simply get in touch to explore other support options available to us. Simply find out more about Bereavement Support Payments and eligibility here.