Caring at home - practical tips

These pages will help equip carers with the tools needed to care for someone at home

Helping with Practical Tasks:

 A brief video showing how to safely move someone in their bed

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Hospice in the Weald, Kent

Published 30th December 2022

Marie Curie

Published 20th April 2020

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Adult Social Care provides practical support to people to stay safe and well in Westminster, Kensington and Chelsea.

These services are usually provided in people's homes, care homes or in the community. Thre is also support for people who are caring for an adult family member or friend, access to personal care and home care services.

Adult Social Care Brent
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Adult Social Care provides practical support to people to stay safe and well.  These services are usually provided in people's homes, care homes or in the community. Thre is also support for people who are caring for an adult family member or friend, access to personal care and home care services.

Adult Social Care Ealing
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Adult Social Care provides practical support to people to stay safe and well.  These services are usually provided in people's homes, care homes or in the community. Thre is also support for people who are caring for an adult family member or friend, access to personal care and home care services.

Adult Social Care Hammersmith and Fulham
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Adult Social Care Hammersmith and Fulham

T. 0800 145 6095

W. https://beta.lbhf.gov.uk/living-independently/contact-adult-social-care

Adult Social Care provides practical support to people to stay safe and well.  These services are usually provided in people's homes, care homes or in the community. Thre is also support for people who are caring for an adult family member or friend, access to personal care and home care services.

Adult Social Care Harrow
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Adult Social Care provides practical support to people to stay safe and well.  These services are usually provided in people's homes, care homes or in the community. Thre is also support for people who are caring for an adult family member or friend, access to personal care and home care services.

Adult Social Care Hillingdon
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Adult Social Care provides practical support to people to stay safe and well.  These services are usually provided in people's homes, care homes or in the community. Thre is also support for people who are caring for an adult family member or friend, access to personal care and home care services.

Adult Social Care Hounslow
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Adult Social Care provides practical support to people to stay safe and well.  These services are usually provided in people's homes, care homes or in the community. Thre is also support for people who are caring for an adult family member or friend, access to personal care and home care services.

Citizens Advice Brent
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Adviceline is open Monday to Friday 10.00am to 4.00pm.

Advisers are present at Brent Hubs and in the Civic Centre.

Citizens Advice Hammersmith and Fulham
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Citizens Advice Hammersmith and Fulham

T. 0808 278 7832

W. http://cahf.org.uk/

Please contact by telephone.

Opening hours are Monday to Friday 10.00am to 4.00pm.

Citizens Advice Harrow
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Please contact by telephone.

Opening hours are Monday, Tuesday and Friday 9.30am to 3.30pm. Thursday 9.30am to 1.00pm.

Citizens Advice Hillingdon
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Citizens Advice Hillingdon

T. 0808 278 7893

W. https://www.hillingdoncab.org.uk/

Citizens Advice offers independent and confidential advice over the phone for free.

Extensive online resources and directory

Helping people to find a way ahead with issues of benefits, debt, housing and a wide range of social issues.

Please contact our advice line by phone Monday to Friday 9.00am to 5.00pm.

 

Citizens Advice Hounslow
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Citizens Advice Hounslow

T. 0808 278 7830

W. https://hounslowcabs.org.uk/

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Opening hours are Monday to Friday 10.00am to 4.00pm.

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Citizens Advice Kensington Chelsea

T. 0808 278 7982

W. https://www.citizensadvicekc.org.uk/

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Opening hours are Monday to Friday 9.00am to 5.00pm.

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Citizens Advice Westminster

T. 0808 278 7834

W. https://www.westminstercab.org.uk/

Please contact by telephone.

Opening hours are Monday to Friday 9.15am to 4.00pm.

Ealing Carers
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The Ealing Carers Service support carers who have caring responsibilities living within the borough of Ealing.

Harrow Carers
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Harrow Carers is an independent charity and voluntary organisation and has been the lead carers’ support agency in Harrow since 1996. Support and services are available to anyone who cares for people in the community who are ill, frail, disabled and disadvantaged.

Hillingdon Community Palliative Care Team
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Hillingdon Palliative Care Team (hosted by NHS CNWL) provides specialist advice and visiting to palliative care patients living in Hillingdon. Each GP practice has their own named Clinical Nurse Specialist ( CNS ). A Triage CNS manages calls and referrals each day and they have the option to escalate to consultants if needed.

They can be contacted Monday to Friday 8.00am to 4.30pm excluding bank holidays.

Out of hours phone Michael Sobell Hospice 24 hour Advice Line on 020 3824 1268

Referral form for clinician use only.

Community Specialist Palliative Care Referral Form V4.1 (DOCX)

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