Having attended our VIP Learning and Sharing, you may find that you need more help with specific aspects of your caring role. We also provide Group sessions about specific skills and conditions including:

• Dementia (Understanding Dementia – a five-week course)
• Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Bronchiectasis
• Certified basic first aid

Our group sessions are designed to provide you with information and key skills to help you in your caring role. They provide an opportunity for you to exchange ideas and coping strategies with other carers in the same situations as you.

They are designed for up to 10 people and are tailored to the requirements of those attending.

Organised over a 6 week period, it’s up to you to decide how many you want to attend after the first. We may be able to provide replacement care to enable you to take part.

Subjects that can be covered include:

• Managing your caring role
• Looking after yourself
• Coping with, or relieving, stress and anxiety
• Dealing with emergencies
• Dealing with difficult behaviour
• Understanding the condition of the person you look after
• How the NHS and Social Care services work
• Accessing help, services and resources
• Introduction to Understanding Dementia
• Introduction to improving Moving and handling

There are many aids and adaptations to help you in your caring role but for them to be of most use they need to be the right ones and be used properly. We can come into your home to advise on what aids would be best for you and how to use them in your home setting. This can include:

• Assessing what aids and adaptations could help you
• Safe hoist transfers
• Moving and handling
• Equipment issues
• Mobility issues