Learning new skills or improving your existing knowledge can make life as a carer much easier.
Brent Carers Centre deliver a range of carer relevant training workshops designed to either develop your skills to better care for the person you are caring for or to learn more & understand the medical condition(s) of the person you are caring for. Topics include: Managing Challenging Behaviour – Dementia; Infection Control; Manual Handling plus more.
Details of our upcoming training workshops can be found in our free monthly E-Newsletter ‘Caring 4 Carers’. You will also find details of our Carer Support Groups & our Circle of Support available in different localities across Brent, both of which offer peer support and local links with other carers. If you would like to sign up to receive our E-Newsletter, simply complete the sign up form below.
HERE ARE SOME OTHER ONLINE RESOURCES YOU MAY FIND HELPFUL
If you a carer in Brent, this book provides information on:
- What the Brent Council offer is;
- Where is the offer; and
- How you can access the offer.
HPAL resources on Bereavement, Grief and Palliative Care for Brent
DemTalk is an online toolkit for effective communication with and for people living with dementia. It offers free advice and shares ideas about how everyone can make communication easier and better.
Films of the Dementia Guide, Alzheimer’s Society
This series of films is for anyone who is either living with dementia or affected by dementia (including family carers). It covers any type of dementia, such as Alzheimer’s disease, vascular dementia or mixed dementia.
Thinking Ahead: a planning guide for families
Developed by the Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities this guide helps families of people with learning disabilities to plan for the future.