A Stirling University Masters Student has asked us to share this short survey about Self-Directed Support (SDS) awareness with you, looking at demand for what breaks families/carers/children/young adults would prefer to chose – i.e. residential respite weekend or an adventure based short break.Please help her research by following the attached link.
Our new Yoga and Guided Relaxation Care with Confidence sessions for carers start on Tuesday 2 August 2016.
Carers can often find themselves under increasing stress. We have designed a program of free informal sessions to equip carers with techniques to help them relax and stay healthy.
For further information, to book a place, or if you require alternative care for the person you care for so that you can attend, please contact Donna Mulder or Rebecca Fowler at the Carers Centre or download the programme here.
The fifth Carers Parliament will be held on 2 November 2016 at Herriot Watt University. There are places for two carers from each of the 73 Scottish Parliamentary constituencies. Places will be decided by a ballot, which will be held in late July with successful delegates informed in early August. Click here for further information or to enter your name in the ballot.
Click below to view or download the latest newsletter from the Carers Centre along with a booking form for Carers Week events and a Membership Form to become a member or renew your membership of Central Carers Association.
Carers News, Summer 2016
Carers Week 2016 Programme and Booking Form – Clackmannanshire
Carers Week 2016 Programme and Booking Form – Falkirk
Central Carers Association Membership Form
The Carers Forum meets quarterly. It is an opportunity for carers to discuss local and national issues that affect carers and those they care for with professionals and one another. The next Forum meeting will take place on Wednesday 25 May at the Carers Centre from 11 am to 1 pm, followed by lunch. The Agenda will be:
· Forth Valley Carers Card update
· Carer Representation– Integration Joint Board update
· Social Work/Health/Third Sector update
· Carer concerns/issues
· National Care Standards Review
If you are interested in attending the Carers Forum, contact the Centre by 20 May 2016.
| Are you an adult carer living in the Falkirk area interested in singing and music? Come along to lift your mood and feel good at the singing and music workshops with Alex Christie, a qualified singing coach and music therapist. The sessions will run weekly at the Carers Centre. If you are interested in attending the sessions, please contact the Carers Centre by 20 May 2016. |
| Have your voice heard: join other carers and representatives from health, social care and the third sector to discuss current issues and hear the latest updates. The Falkirk Carers Forum meets quarterly at the Carers Centre in Falkirk. It is an opportunity for local carers to discuss with service providers, and one another, local and national issues that affect carers and those they care for. Contact Claire Crossan at the Carers Centre if you are interested in attending the Falkirk Carers Forum from 11 am to 1 pm followed by lunch, on the following dates: 25 May 2016 24 August 2016 23 November 2016 |
New Grangemouth Care with Confidence sessions start on Thursday 7 April 2016, 10 am until 12 noon, at Talbot House, Talbot Street in Grangemouth.
Hear from various professionals about the services that are available to support you and the person you care for. Find out how to access these services and learn some simple tips to aid relaxation.
For further information, to book a place, or if you require alternative care for the person you care for so that you can attend, please contact: Donna Mulder at the Carers Centre in Falkirk or download the programme here.
The Falkirk Fronto-Temporal Dementia Carers Group is being set up to provide help and advice to carers and relatives of people with Fronto-Temporal Dementia.
At the moment, most support groups available in Falkirk are set up specifically for carers of Alzheimer’s disease and Vascular Dementia. However, in our experience, people with Fronto-Temporal Dementias have very different needs. Many carers feel isolated from other carers as their personal situations are very different from their own.
The support group is open to the carers / relatives of the person diagnosed with Fronto-Temporal Dementia who are known to the Community Mental Health Services for Older Adults in Falkirk. Monthly meetings will be held to provide advice and social support in an informal setting.
Professionals are invited on a regular basis to talk about the clinical, social and legal aspects of care.
The group will be run by:
Alister Edmond, Community Psychiatric Nurse
Donna Mulder, Carers Training Co-ordinator, Carers Centre
Ruth Gardner, Occupational Therpist
Forthcoming meetings will take place at the Carers Centre on the following Fridays from 1.30 – 3.30 pm: 25 September, 30 October and 27 November 2015.
For further information, to book a place or if you require alternative care for the person you care for, so that you can attend please contact: Donna Mulder at the Carers Centre or download the programme here.
Falkirk support groups for parents of children and young people (up to 20 years) who have additional support needs will be starting up again at the beginning of September. Parents groups meet at the Carers Centre on the first Tuesday evening and the first Thursday morning of the month during term time and offer information and support to parent carers regardless of their child’s Illness, disability or condition. The September meetings will take place at the Carers Centre as follows:
Tuesday 1 September 2015, 7.30 pm to 9.30 pm
Thursday 3 September 2015, 10.30 am to 12 noon
We look forward to welcoming new members as well as those who regularly attend or who haven’t been along to the group for a while and would like to come along for the start of the new session.
For further information, contact Anne Prinn or Claire Crossan at the Carers Centre.