SPRING issue 2015

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P2 P2 P3 P3 P4 Carers Week A day in the Free courses for Dementia Events and local life of our Carer carers Awareness Week groups the Champions and dementia- CAREhub related courses Compassion And Recovery-focussed Everytime

SPRING issue 2015 Newsletter for carers and their supporters (family, friends, loved ones and professionals). We receive a second gold star for our A new Care Act commitment to carers he Care Act 2014 came into force on 1st April 2015. It MW has become one of only four T replaces all previous acts. The Care mental health trusts in the country G Act strengthens the rights and to receive a second gold star for our recognition of carers. It should commitment to the national Triangle L-R: Rachel Thompson from the Royal College of Nursing, improve access to support, of Care initiative. Jackie Marsh and Janice McGrory from Salford Royal NHS Trust, Tracy Collard and Gill Drummond from GMW with MP enabling better planning and The Triangle of Care, developed in partnership Hazel Blears (front row centre) at the Parliamentary reception for prevention of crises. with the Carers Trust as well as people with the Traingle of Care (dementia). mental health problems and their carers, We have already led the way in our The Care Act introduces new aims to improve communication between commitment to working with carers by responsibilities of local authorities towards those caring for people with a mental health becoming a national NHS demonstrator pilot all individuals. For the first time, carers will problem and mental health professionals. site for carers where best practice from be recognised in the law in the same way was shared locally and nationally to shape the By signing up to the Triangle of Care as those they care for, so more carers will be support and information carers receive. membership scheme, mental health trusts assessed to establish their needs. must undertake rigorous self-assessments A carers charter and strategy has also been The new Act covers the impact caring and develop action plans to demonstrate developed by the Trust to set out what carers has on the carer’s life: such as living how they are involving and supporting carers can expect from the Trust’s staff and services. arrangements, work life, education as well as promoting the important role they We have also employed dedicated and social life. The local authority and have and further improving services for carers. Carer Support Workers to support the carer will agree a support plan carers both practically and The second gold star, which was achieved which sets out how the carer’s needs emotionally and run carer in a year rather than the required two years, will be met, for example: buying a awareness training for staff. recognises GMW’s work towards the Triangle laptop to keep in touch with family and of Care standards, commitment to ensuring If you would like to know more about this friends, gym membership or education carers are fully included and supported by project or if you feel your experiences as a carer opportunities. services both now and in the future and could help us with this piece of work, please To see a list of FAQs in relation to the new is further accreditation of the Trust’s carer- contact: Tracy Collard, Carer Lead, on 0161 703 Care Act, please visit www.carersuk.org focussed services. 1362 or email: [email protected].

newsletter of the CARE hub Page 1 SPRING issue 2015 Carers Week 2015 arers Week is a wonderful This year the focus is on building Carer opportunity to recognise, support Friendly Communities. Communities which C support carers to look after their loved and celebrate carers throughout the ones well, while recognising that they are UK. Carers Week (8-14 June 2015) is an individuals with needs of their own. The annual campaign to raise awareness campaign will be asking: what do carers of caring, highlight the challenges need from parts of the community to together to organise activities and events carers face and recognise the improve their lives? throughout the UK, drawing attention to just how important caring is. contribution they make to families Carers Week is brought to life by the and communities throughout the UK. individuals and organisations who come Here’s the events we’ll be taking part in:

Saturday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 6 June 8 June 9 June 10 June 11 June 12 June 13 June 11am – 3pm 10am – 2pm 10am – 4pm 10am – 1pm All day All day 3pm – 6pm GMW’s Specialist Carer’s Day at Buile Hill Park, Information stall on Salford Drop in for Carer Champions Buffet for carers Services Carer Eccles Old Road, Salford M6 8GL Bolton Market manned Carers Centre carers at the in attendance at and service users, Event by Carer Champions Information Octagon Theatre Sainsbury’s Bolton Silverdale ward, Enjoy free refreshments, lunch stand at Salford – information on handing out Prestwich Hospital, Waterdale and take part in healthy lifestyle Ashburner Street, Royal Hospital, benefits etc. information. Bury New Road, Restaurant, activities, as well as hear from Bolton BL1 1TJ Stott Lane, Prestwich, Manchester Prestwich the City Council and NHS about Octagon Theatre Trinity Street, 11am – 2pm Salford M6 8HD M25 3BL Bolton, Howell Bolton BL3 6DH Hospital, Bury future plans. Bolton Carers Support New Road, 12pm – 6 pm Croft South, To book a place, please phone event at Britannia Hotel 10am – 2pm Prestwich, Pamper Bolton BL1 1SB 0161 212 6278 or email – GMW presenting Achieve Salford Sunday Manchester M25 afternoon on [email protected] updated Carers 10am – 1pm Recovery Services 14 June Hazelwood, 3BL Strategy Salford Carers Family & Carers 10am to 12noon Beech, Birch 1pm – 4pm Centre event Listening Event Carers Outreach Session at Beaumont Road, and Maple Carer event with the at Salford Eccles Gateway, 28 Barton Lane, Bolton BL3 4TA House wards – Community opportunity for carers Shopping Eccles, Salford M30 0TU (run by Room 1, Walkden and relatives to speak 12pm – 2pm Centre, Salford Carers Centre). attending Gateway, 2 Smith to staff, have an Indian Garden Party at Hankinson Way, Street, Walkden, head massage and 12pm – 6pm Wentworth House, Royal Bolton Salford M6 5JA Salford M28 3EZ. sample refreshments. Afternoon Tea on Hazelwood, 8 Westminster Road, Hospital, Afternoon Beech, Birch and Maple House Ellesmere Park, Eccles Minerva Road, 11am – 1pm Therapy suite, Tea dance at wards, Royal Bolton Hospital, M30 9HF ‘Techie training' Chapman-Barker Unit, Woodlands Minerva Road, Farnworth, Bolton – learn IT skills at Prestwich Hospital, 1.30pm onwards Hospital, Bolton BL4 0JR BL4 0JR Critchley Cafe, Bury New Road, Afternoon Tea and Meadowsweet Critchley House, Prestwich, Manchester 1pm to 2.30pm Singing for the Brain Lane, Little 75 Chorley Road, M25 3BL ‘Techie training’ – learn IT skills at Greenway/Bollin Hulton, Swinton at Critchley Cafe, Critchley ward, Moorside Manchester M28 M27 4AF House, 75 Chorley Road, Unit, Moorside 0FE Swinton M27 4AF Road, Davyhulme, 2 – 4pm Manchester Garden Party for These free drop in sessions M41 5SL carers and service are being offered for carers by users, Loweswater the Age UK Salford team and ward, Prestwich volunteers. Please call 0161 833 Hospital, Bury 0217 if you would like to join. New Road, 11am – 2pm Prestwich, Carers meet the staff session, coffee and cakes followed by a Mindfulness orientation session at Manchester all Discover Drug and Alcohol Recovery Services community sites. Tel: 01772 366 123 for more M25 3BL information and for the address of each event. 5 – 8.30pm Tea, cakes and information for carers and families during visiting hours on Rydal Ward, Edenfield Centre, Prestwich Hospital, Bury New Road, Prestwich, Manchester M25 3BL A day in the life of our Carer Champions Carers Champions work specifically to support carers in their role. They aim to improve the carer’s quality of life and help them to continue in their caring role. They can also help ensure that the carers voice is heard when the person they care for is having their needs assessed or met. Carer Champions will also help improve local services by feeding back what they learn from supporting carers. Visit www.gmw.nhs.uk to read a day in the life of our Carer Champions Eileen and Suzanne.

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Health and Wellbeing Dementia Awareness Week for Carers course ementia can happen to anyone Caring for a relative, partner, friend or and there's currently no cure. It neighbour can be hugely rewarding but D it can also be stressful and confusing. can strip you of your memory, your Our free “Health and Wellbeing for relationships and your connection Carers” course will provide you with to the world you love, leaving you practical tips on taking care of your own health and wellbeing when you’re feeling isolated and alone. looking after someone. At GMW, we believe that life doesn't There’s also advice on how to maintain relationships and handy information on end when dementia begins, and we do where to go for help for yourself as a carer. everything we can to help people living The course sessions are from 10am- with dementia hold onto their lives and the 2.30pm in venues across Greater things they love for longer. Manchester on the following dates: 24 June and 30 July 2015. Dementia Awareness Week 2015 takes place between 17-23 May. See the Recovery Academy prospectus experiences because having dementia for more information about the course: We are running a Dementia Friends doesn't mean stopping doing the things www.gmw.nhs.uk/recovery. information session and Living Well you love and trying new things. with Dementia course during Dementia Carer Awareness Training Awareness Week (see the boxes below The Alzheimer’s Society are encouraging for more details) as well as afternoon teas all their supporters to #DoSomethingNew We have launched an e-learning Carer Singing for Brain groups and information this Dementia Awareness Week. Awareness course designed to support stands in public places. all staff – from front line practitioners Go to alzheimers.org.uk or call the Alzheimer’s in health and social care to admin and This year's Dementia Awareness Week is all Society’s National Dementia Helpline on 0300 support staff as all our staff come into about doing new things and having new 222 1122 for more information. contact with carers. The course aims to clarify how carers can be identified and describes some of the real life Dementia Friends information sessions experiences of carers, raising awareness of ementia Friends is an Alzheimer’s Society initiative to help members of what being a carer often entails. Dthe public understand what it might be like to live with dementia and It will help staff understand the impact then turn that understanding into action. caring for others can have and enable them to deliver more targeted support to carers. We are running three sessions: The training is mandatory for all our staff Date and time: 20 May 2015, 2pm - Do you have or and they will be required to update this 3.30pm learning every three years. Location: Achieve Salford Recovery care for someone For more information about the Services, The Recovery Hub, Mona Street, training, please contact Gill Drummond, Salford, Manchester M6 6PP Dementia Quality and Carer Quality with dementia? Lead, on 0161 772 3843 or by emailing: Date and time: 17 June 2015, 10am - ttend our free Living Well with [email protected]. 11.30am ADementia course in Bolton Location: blueSCI, Old Trafford Wellbeing or Prestwich for information and Centre, 54-56 Seymour Grove, Old Trafford, support. Youth mental health Manchester M16 0LN Date: 22 May (Bolton) and 18 September NHS England has welcomed plans for a Date and time: 8 July 2015, 10am - (Prestwich) 2015 radical shake up of youth mental health 11.30am care. Time: 9.30am – 3.30pm Location: Peel Room, Waterdale Following an in-depth look at mental Restaurant, Prestwich Hospital, Bury New Location: Royal Bolton Hospital or health and wellbeing support for Road, Prestwich, Manchester M25 3BL Prestwich Hospital children and young people, the Government has set out a blue-print for For more information about our Recovery Academy’s Dementia Friends and improving care over the next five years. Living Well with Dementia courses and to book your place, please contact More info visit: www.england.nhs.uk. 0161 772 3782 or email: [email protected]

newsletter of the CARE hub Page 3 SPRING issue 2015 Events and local groups Salford Trafford Carers' Social/Support Group Young Carers Agnes Hopkins Centre Project Groups, Clarendon Road 21 May from Swinton 5.30pm—7.30pm, M27 4BQ Trafford Carers Centre, 13 Warwick Every Tuesday, 6pm to 8pm Road, Old Trafford ‘CHUMs’ (Wellbeing / Social Support) Salvation Army Mental Health Station Road Carers Forum, 11 Swinton May, 6pm - 7pm, Trafford Carers Centre, 13 Memory Loss & Dementia Advice Service M27 6BT Warwick Road, Old Trafford, M16 0QX. Call Fiona Gardens, 29 Atkinson Road, Sale M33 the Helpline on 0161 848 2400 to book a 6GG Every Thursday, 10am to 12pm place. 1.30pm – 3.30pm, Thursday 11 June, 9 July, Wellbeing Support - supported by Start Male Carers Group Tuesday 12th May 13 August, 10 September, 8 October, 12 in Salford and Tuesday 9th June, 6.30pm—7.30pm, November, 10 December 2015. Clifton Community Centre Trafford Carers Centre, 13 Warwick Road, 6 Wynne Avenue Old Trafford, M16 0QX Memory Loss & Dementia Advice Service Clifton Sale Drop in, High Lee House, 69 Broad M27 8FU Mental Health Carers Forum - Cream Tea Road, Sale M33 2HL Carers are invited to a cream tea at Parkers Every Tuesday and Friday, 1pm to 3pm Garden Centre in Flixton on Monday 15th 10.30am – 12.30pm, Wednesday 27 May, Salford Carers Centre Support Staff June. This is a social event and would be a 24 June, 29 July, 26 August, 30 September, will be at the following venues and invite great opportunity for any carers of people 28 October, 25 November, 30 December you to drop in for advice, information or with mental health, alcohol or substance 2015. support from 10am to 12noon at: misuse problems to come and chat with other carers and staff. Spaces are limited, if For further information, telephone Pendleton Gateway on the first Monday you would like to attend, please contact 0161 0161 746 3944. of the month: next one is on 1 June 848 2400 before Wednesday 10th June.

Eccles Gateway on the second Monday of Call Trafford Carers Centre’s helpline on Bolton the month: next one is on 8 June 0161 848 2400 if you would like to know Bolton Carers Support Helpline (01204 more about the support offered to carers. Walkden Gateway the third Monday of 363056) and Drop-in opening hours: the month: next one is on 15 June Memory Loss & Dementia Advice Service The helpline is open from 11am to 3pm on Age UK Salford Critchley Cafe, Swinton Urmston Conservative Club, 29 Crofts Bank Monday, Tuesday and Thursday. on the fourth Monday of the month: next Road, Urmston, M41 0TZ The Information Drop-in, where you can one is on 22nd June 1.30pm – 3.30pm, Tuesday 2 June, 7 July, speak to a member of staff, is open 11am to If you need any more information, please call 4 August, 1 September, 6 Oct, 3 Nov, 1 1pm on Wednesday. Drop-ins at any other 0161 833 0217 or drop in at the sessions. December 2015. times are by appointment only.

To find out about local groups and organisations that provide support, visit our website: www.gmw.nhs.uk/local-carer-groups.

the CARE hub West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Bury New Road, Prestwich, Manchester M25 3BL Tel: 0161 703 1362 the Email: [email protected] CAREhub Compassion And Recovery-focussed Everytime Website: www.gmw.nhs.uk/carer-information

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