Looking After Someone?
Caring for someone can be very difficult and many people find that they need extra help with the care they provide.
Find out what support you might be able to receive here – provided by NHS Choices. This page also provides lots of help and advice.
Carers of West Lothian
Carers of West Lothian are a local service who can provide help, advice and assistance with a variety of support to carers. If you would like to find out more, please click here.
A carer is a person of any age who provides unpaid help and support to a relative, friend or neighbour, who cannot manage to live independently without the carer’s help, due to frailty, illness, disability or addiction.
Craigshill Health Centre works with Carers of West Lothian in identifying carers in the practice and, with the carer’s consent, will refer them to Carers of West Lothian’s support service. Carers of West Lothian provides information, support and advice to unpaid carers from age 8 and disabled people throughout West Lothian. This includes emotional and practical support, links to other resources and training and are the only organisation in West Lothian with a specific remit to support unpaid carers. The organisation is in regular contact with over 7,000 carers. Please let us know if you think you should be registered with our Health Centre as a carer.
Carers of West Lothian
Quarrywood Court
Livingston, EH54 6AX
Tele: 01506 448000
Email: office@carers-westlothian.com
Web: www.carers-westlothian.com
Carers Direct – 0808 802 0202
Free, confidential information and advice for carers.
Lines are open 8am to 9pm Monday to Friday, 11am to 4pm at weekends. Calls are free from UK landlines or you can request a free call back.
You can also ask for a call back in one of more than 170 languages. You can send a query to our advisers by email. Find out more about the Carers Direct helpline.
Please see attached for further information.