Services in your own right as a carer
If you have a Carer’s Individual Assessment, you may be able to receive support in your own right as a carer (Carers Services).
The purpose of this support is to enable you to continue to care or to maintain your health or wellbeing.
Examples of the types of support that can be provided include:
- domestic tasks, such as housework and ironing
- gardening
- help to pay for recreational or other activities (for example: massages, fishing permits, computer courses, driving lessons)
- assistance with child care costs
Other types of support can also be provided, so long as it enables you to continue to care or to maintain your health or wellbeing.
It is important to remember that the type of support that can be provided will depend on your particular needs and will only be provided on the basis that it will enable you to continue to care or to maintain your health or wellbeing.
For more information, please see the Helping Carers to Care Leaflet (Text version, Rich text document or Print version, PDF document, 670kb)