What are we going to do about it?
- Ensure sustainable funding is available for carer support services for both adult and young carers.
- Ensure appropriate and responsive support is available to adult and young carers.
- Continue to promote the benefits of living a healthy lifestyle.
- Provide training to carers to promote good physical and mental health.
- Ensure carers have access to funding to help them take a break from caring responsibilities.
- Provide employment support for carers and help employers to develop carer friendly workplaces.
- Assist carers in knowing what benefits they can access and claim.
How will we know that we have made a difference?
- More people will tell us they feel supported in their caring role.
- Fewer carers will need to access emergency service provision due to a reduction in carer breakdown instances.
- More carers will access available funding in order to take a break from their caring role.
- More carers will access an NHS carer health check.
- More employers will become carer friendly.
- National and local carer surveys will tell us if we are making a difference.
- With the support of our carer providers, outcomes for carers will be regularly monitored.
- More people with caring responsibilities will be signposted to carer support services.
More information
Find out more about this subject in the related Objectives, Goals, Initiatives and Metrics (OGIM) document on Durham County Council’s Committee Services website under the Heath and Wellbeing Board meeting agenda item for 24 November 2021.
Your views
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