Directory of Helpful Links and Websites
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- Adult Social Care Hub – for assessment of care and support for patients and their carers
- Advanced Care Plan – start a conversation with your loved one
- Advocacy Service
Affected by domestic violence?
Alcohol and Addiction
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- Being Heard – a Self Advocacy Guide for Carers
- Benefits
- British Red Cross Transport Support
- Bereavement – Supporting yourself
C
- Cancer Support
- Carers Trust or download their leaflet
- Care Quality Commission (The)
- Carers UK – for details about Carers Allowance and other benefits
- Carers MK – for local support and the Carers MK Discount Card
- Carers Week – for support, facts and figures about carers
- Carers Rights Day
- Information and Support for Carers
- Citizens Advice Bureau – benefits advice
- Cinnamon Trust (The) – for support looking after your pet
Counselling
- The Bus Stop
- Talk for Change
- Relate
- Youth Information Service
- Continuing Healthcare – for funding for care at home or a nursing home
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- Dementia– some of our patients and carers are affected by dementia or supporting somebody with dementia. The Herbert Protocol initiative is named after George Herbert, a war veteran of the Normandy landings, who lived with dementia. It is a process to be used where there is a risk that a vulnerable person, particularly if they suffer from dementia, may go missing.There is a new Dementia Information Service – DIS call 01908 669404 or email dementiainformationservice@alzheimers.org.uk
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F
H
- Healthwatch MK – raising an issue and learning about local services
- Health Talk
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M
Macmillan Cancer Care has a range of resources available that can be viewed here. Hard copies are also available from our Patients and Family Services team.
- MK Council – Adult Social Care and MK Carers Strategy
- MK Council Community Alarm and Telecare Service
- Milton Keynes Council Community Transport
- Mental Health
- Mental Capacity Act
- MK Hospital Macmillan Unit
- Mobility Aides
- MK Wheelchair Service
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Neurological Conditions
- MND Association – for carers of patients with Motor Neurone Disease
- Progressive Supranuclear Palsy – for carers of patients with Supranuclear Palsy
- Multiple System Atrophy – for carers of patients with Multiple System Atrophy
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- Personal Social Services Survey of Adult Carers in England, 2016-17 – Summary of a national survey that takes place every other year and is conducted by Councils with Adult Social Services Responsibilities (CASSRs). Read more about the NHS survey.
- Power of Attorney
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Respite Breaks
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- Safeguarding Adults and Children
- Share your experience as a family carer
- Smile MK – learning to enjoy life more
- Social Care – This guide is for adults who use social care services, their unpaid carers, family and their
representatives. This is an EasyRead leaflet that explains what you should expect when you give compliments and feedback about a service or member of staff. It also explains how to make a complaint. - State of Caring Survey
- Support for Members of the Armed Forces and their Families
