Topic - Care and Support
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- Care and Support
Glasgow City Council, working in partnership with other organisations, provides services which aim to ensure the safety and protection of vulnerable adults, young people and children, and to support families and individuals to maintain independence and to exercise choice about the way they live their lives. Information on these services is provided in this section of Glasgow City Council's web site. - Carers
Carers are people who look after a partner, relative or friend who cannot manage without help because of illness, including mental illness, dementia, frailty or disability. They may or may not live together. In September 1999 the Scottish Executive produced a carers strategy. Glasgow City Council and its planning partners have produced a Joint Carers Strategy and a Joint Young Carers Strategy aimed at delivering the objectives laid out in the national strategy and it is Glasgow's intention to continue to develop quality support services to carers. - Carers Assessment
Information from Glasgow City Council Social Work Services on who can ask for a carers assessment, its purpose and how to get an assessment. - East End Community Carers Centre
This is the web page of East End Community Carers Centre. They help carers by providing information, support, and social activities for carers. This site contains publications, online discussions, employment information and links to similar organisations. - Glasgow City Joint Community Care Plan
This is an electronic version of the Glasgow City Joint Community Care Plan. It has been devised by the Glasgow City Council, Greater Glasgow NHS Board, and Communities Scotland. The document contains the following topics: policy context, join planning in Glasgow, overview of needs and resources, employment, advocacy, joint training, addictions, carers, head injury, HIV/AIDS, homelessness, learning disabilities, mental health, older people (including dementia), palliative care, physical disabilities, hearing impairment and blind and visual impairment. - The Mungo Foundation
The Mungo Foundation aims to deliver a wide range of community based care and support services to people with various needs. The website gives details of the services available including those relating to drug misuse, mental health dementia and homelessness. - Carers in Scotland
Crossroads (Scotland) is the national body that exists to develop and support a network of Crossroads schemes throughout the country. - Carers Scotland
Carers National Association is the leading organisation representing the UK's 5.7 million carers. It aims to empower carers by raising the status of carers and by increasing their awareness of their role and the contribution they make to the community; to raise awareness of carers' needs; to persuade all those who take decisions affecting carers to adopt policies and practices which will deliver real choices, a sustainable income and a quality of life acceptable to carers and to those they care for. - Scottish Carers' Alliance
The Scottish Carers’ Alliance was established in June 2000 with the aim of creating a network of national voluntary organisations through which diverse carer, health, disability and children’s organisations could work together to develop and promote policies relating to carers. - Strategy for Carers in Scotland
This site contains the document which outlines the Scottish Executive strategy for carers in Scotland. This was produced by the Scottish Executive Health Department in 1999. - The Princess Royal Trust for Carers
The Princess Royal Trust for Carers is a national charity. The Trust exists to make it easier for carers to cope by providing information, support and practical help to carers. - The Scottish Commission for the Regulation of Care
The Scottish Commission for the Regulation of Care (The Care Commission) is a new national organisation set up under the Regulation of Care (Scotland) Act 2001 to regulate and inspect Scottish care services. The Care Commission operates throughout Scotland and has five regional offices with local resource offices to co-ordinate regulation of care services at a local level. - Carers Information
This site provides up to date resources and information on issues relevant to carers and those professionals who assist them in their role. - Rethink Carers
Rethink Carers is a new website for all mental health carers. The website has been designed with carers involvement. It builds on the work of hundreds of Rethink severe mental illness groups and services around the country.
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