Who is a Carer...    

A carer is someone who looks after a relative or friend who needs support, because of age, physical or learning disability or illness including mental illness, carers do not get paid for caring, although some may receive benefits. Some carers care for one person and some for many.

Categories of carers...

  • Adult carer – An adult caring for another adult i.e. spouse, partner, friend or relative.
  • Parent carer – An adult who cares for a child who is ill or has a disability.
  • Young carers – a child or young person aged up to 18 who is carrying out significant caring tasks and assuming a level of responsibility for another person, their parent, grandparent or sibling, which would usually be taken on by an adult.
 

Carers in Hartlepool...

  • Adult carer
  • Parent carer
  • Young carers
  • Drop in services
   
Carers UK estimate that up to one in eight people aged over 16 in the community will have taken on some form of care and responsibility for another person. Three in five of us will become carers at the same point in our lives. Hartlepool carers have provided support to over 1500 carers in the past years. We currently have 562 adult carers, 91 young carers and 26 active volunteers registered with our organisation.