Carers

Carers Survey

Haringey Council, in conjunction with the Department of Health and Care Quality Commission, seeks your views on a range of issues about caring. For that reason, we are randomly selecting carers to participate in a survey which is being conducted nationally.
By carers, we mean people who look after family, partners or friends in need of support or services because of age, physical or learning disability or illness, including mental illness. Some of you may have responded to a shorter survey we conducted earlier this year; the results of which have helped us develop the current study. We would be most grateful if you could use your knowledge and experience to complete this new survey, which will be posted out to you in the upcoming weeks. Please then return it to us in the envelope provided.

Your answers will be treated as confidential and they will not be passed on to your care workers or anyone providing you or the person you care for with services. The survey results will be used by the Care Quality Commission, the Department of Health and your local authority to see how satisfied people are with the support and services they receive, and to identify areas for improvement.

The answers you give, or if you choose not to respond, will not affect the services you, or the people you care for receive.

Thank you in anticipation of your usual co-operation.
For further information, please telephone: 020 8489 4868 or email adult.qualityassuranceteam@haringey.gov.uk

Who are carers?

Carers are adults and children who take care of adults or of disabled children. They are unpaid. The caring role is stressful, often 24/7, and can be isolating. Carers provide care to people who are ill, frail or living with a disability and who cannot manage without them. Carers look after partners, spouses, family members, friends or neighbours.

The cared-for person must live in Haringey, although carers may live inside or outside the borough.

If you are a carer, you're not alone. According to the 2001 census, there are approximately 16,000 carers in Haringey.

There are around 1,000 carers on the Haringey register.

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How we help carers

If you are an unpaid carer, you have the right to a carer's assessment. This will give you the opportunity to discuss any help you need with caring and maintaining your own health and well-being.

We aim to support carers in Haringey to care and to live a better life. We do this by working in partnership with the health service to deliver a wide range of services and advice.

Use the navigation links on the left of this page to find out how carers can get an assessment of their needs and extra support with their caring responsibilities.

For more information about services, advice and support for carers, you can download a copy of: The Essential Guide for Carers in Haringey.


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Essential Guide for Carers in Haringey	PDF	764K

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Active Card for Unpaid Carers

The Active Card is Haringey’s Leisure Pass. Registered carers can apply for an Active Gold Card which gives free admission to all Haringey Leisure Centres when supporting the person they look after to use the facilities. Terms and conditions apply for certain activities. For more information, you can download a copy of the Active Card for Unpaid Carers information leaflet.


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Active card for unpaid carers	PDF	28KB

For more information or advice, contact:
Service Support Officer
Carers Team, Social Services
40 Cumberland Road
London Borough of Haringey

Tel: 020 8489 3967
Email: carers@haringey.gov.uk

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Further information

Use the navigation links from this page, or take a look at our leaflet, Caring for Carers:


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Caring for Carers leaflet	PDF	223K

You can download translations of this leaflet from the Attached Files section below. If you need the information in other languages, we would be happy to provide these.

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Attached Files
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caring for carers-albanian.pdf	PDF	51K
caring for carers-bengali.pdf	PDF	144K
caring for carers-french.pdf	PDF	35K
caring for carers-gujurati.pdf	PDF	83K
caring for carers-hindi.pdf	PDF	358K
caring for carers-kurdish.pdf	PDF	74K
caring for carers-punjabi.pdf	PDF	79K
caring for carers-somali.pdf	PDF	43K
caring for carers-turkish.pdf	PDF	98K
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