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Supporting you as an older family carer: a booklet to support older family carers of people with learning disabilities to get the right support now and to plan for emergencies and the long term
- Authors:
- MAGRILL Dalia, PEARCE-NEUDORF Justin
- Publisher:
- Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 50p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This booklet has been developed to help older family carers who are caring for people with learning disabilities to think and plan for the future as they get older. It covers: Getting the right support now; Practical support you may find useful; Preparing for emergencies; Preparing for the future. It aims to present different options and present a good starting point to finding solutions. It includes checklists and notes boxes to record information and service needs. It is one of a series of publications to come from the Mutual Caring project, set up to promote good practice and improve service provision for older families caring for people with learning disabilities.
Supporting you and your family as you grow older together: a booklet for people with learning disabilities who live at home with an older family carer
- Authors:
- MAGRILL Dalia, PEARCE-NEUDORF Justin
- Publisher:
- Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 30p.
- Place of publication:
- London
A practical booklet for people with learning disabilities who are cared for by an older person in their family. It aims to help the family live together now, and also to think about things that may need to be done in the future. This booklet provides: good questions to ask; things that can help you now and in the future; and some of the people who can help you. It also looks at how to get ready for emergencies. Boxes to tick and write in are included throughout the booklet, providing a useful list of things to do or find out. This is one of a series of publications to come from the Mutual Caring project, set up to promote good practice and improve service provision for older families caring for people with learning disabilities.