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Social Work Local Offices Hospitals NHS 24 The Carers’ Newsletter Money Matters/Home Care Please like us on Facebook East Kilbride/Strathaven 0303 123 1008 Wishaw General 01698 361100

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Clydesdale 0303 123 1008 Glasgow Royal Infirmary 0141 211 4000 Page 1 2014 Consultation Carers’ Consultation Event 2014 Larkhall 0303 123 1008 Victory Infirmary 0141 201 6000 Event On Wednesday 22nd October, South Lanarkshire Carer’s Network held their Hamilton/Blantyre 0303 123 1008 Southern General 0141 201 1100 Page 2 2014 Consultation Event Consultation Event on Integration at the Alona Hotel, Strathclyde Park,……... Western Infirmary 0141 211 2000 Motherwell with 130 Carers and guest speakers.…The day was a great success. Page 2 Cares Questionnaires

Young Carers Service 01698 455455 Hairmyres Hospital 01355 585 000 Page 2 Farewell to Linda Craig Welfare Rights Officers Supporting Carers Carer Support Team Pictured from the left to right are Page 2 Connecting you to Margaret Moncrieff, Director The Wefare Rights Officers supporting Wishaw General 01698 366118 Carers Carers are based at South Lanarkshire Council South Lanarkshire Cares Network Monklands Hospital 01236 712566 Page 2 Self Directed Support Money Matters service. . Councillor Jackie Burns Hairmyres Hospital 01355 585522 Page 3 Short Breaks Fund (Chair of the Transition Board) with

To contact a Welfare Rights Office you South Lanarkshire Carer Network 01698 285163 Robert Anderson, Chairperson Page 3 Self Advocacy Toolkit should call 0303 123 1008 South Lanarkshire Carers Network

North Lanarkshire Carers Together 01698 404055 Tell them you are a Carer Page 3 Therapies in Hamilton and Harry Stevenson

Mental Health 01698 361100 ext. 8540 Executive Director Page 3 Epilepsy Support Group Social Work Resources PRT Lanarkshire Carers Centre 01698 428090/wwwprtlcc.org.uk Citizens Advice Bureau South Lanarkshire Council Page 4 Staying Safe Guide

Emergency Freephone Outwith Hours Hamilton 01698 283477

Emergency Social Work Service South Lanarkshire 0303 123 1008 East Kilbride 01355 263698 Page 4 Homelands Trust

Pictured to the right is Jeanette Curtis Emergency Social Work Service North Lanarkshire 0800 121 4114 Clydesdale 01555 664301 Page 5 Warm Home Discount Director of South Lanarkshire Carers

NHS Helpline Freephone 111 Cambuslang/Rutherglen 0141 646 3191 Network introducing guest speakers Page 5 Scottish Consortium Brenda Hutchinson

for Learning Disability Carers Meetings - The Carers Meetings are open to all Carers in South Lanarkshire and are held on the first South Lanarkshire Council Wednesday of every month at 10.30 am in Blantyre Miners Welfare Community Resource Centre, 3 Calder Street, Page 5 Dementia Adventures Craig Cunningham NHS Lanarkshire

Blantyre. Out of pocket expenses will be paid and a sandwich lunch provided. For more information, please Harry Stevenson Page 5 Nordoff-Robbins South Lanarkshire Council contact us on 01698 285163. Please see inside pages for all meeting dates Music Therapy and the Next Issue Page 6 Carers Information Networks Chairperson Community Hospital Numbers Pack The next issue of the Newsletter Robert Anderson - 01899 220 077 Kirkland Hospital - 01236 748 748 will be MARCH 2015. Page 6 Anticipatory Care - 01555 851 210 Lockhart Hospital - 01555 662 496 Should you wish anything & Power - 01698 794 000 - 01698 723 200 published the deadline date is of Attorney 23rd FEBRUARY 2015 Page 6 Care Home Susan Bennie SLCN Staff Liaison Team (Treasurer) with Page 6 Seniors Together Rose Ann Doyle - Business Development Manager If you have found this Nancy Robertson and Pauline McIntosh - Carer Development Officer newsletter useful Sadie Young, Jo McIntyre - Carer Resource Development Officer please pass it on to Page 7 Carers Christmas Directors with the Joyce Brownlie - Carer Resource Information Officer someone you think it Party with may be of interest to Dave Marshall Carers Network Jade Jarvie - Administration Assistant

and tell them about Page 7 Dates for your Diary South Lanarkshire Carers Network are open Mon to Fri 9:00-4:30pm South Lanarkshire Carers Network For further information call the main office on 01698 285163 Page 8 Contact Information

If you have any comments or points of view, issues or information to give to Carers, or if you have THIS NEWSLETTER IS FUNDED BY SOUTH LANARKSHIRE COUNCIL CARERS some handy hints or tips you would like to pass on, please send them to: STRATEGY MONIES & NHS LANARKSHIRE CARERS Joyce Brownlie :- South Lanarkshire Carers Network Ltd, 65 Bothwell Road Hamilton, ML3 0DW or phone: 01698 405164 or e-mail: [email protected] or visit our website: www.slcn.co.uk INFORMATION STRATEGY MONIES

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Carers Network by Consultation Event on Integration

South Lanarkshire Carers Network Website is in the Popular radio host Dave Marshall now process of being updated. ………………………………….. semi-retired from presenting prime time daily You can still view our Website at www.slcn.co.uk shows on Radio Clyde and Smooth Radio was

or join us on Twitter @slcarers or visit Facebook at the guest at the Carers Christmas buffet.… www.facebook.comslcarers…………………..…… ………………………………… . . . ……… . ………………… Yesterday Once More was established as a Our Website and Newsletter is here to help you. non profit social enterprise, to raise much

If you have a story to tell, or have any comments or needed funds for the Cystic Fibrosis Trust and points of view, issues or information to give to Alzheimer Scotland. ……

Carers, or if you have some handy hints or tips you Some of the many Information Stalls would like to pass on, then please send them to:…… Dave gave us a light hearted look back to

Joyce Brownlie at [email protected] or call the our childhood and teenage years of the 50’s & 60’s, showing clips from old radio main office on 01698 285163. The Network hold their monthly meetings on the and early television shows also with clips from

first Wednesday of every month in: comedians such as Chic Murray and Francie & Josie.………… ……….…………………………… Blantyre Miners Community Resource Centre,

3 Calder Street, Blantyre, G72 0AU A Good time was had by all at the Carers Christmas Meeting.………………………………….

Full house at the Alona Hotel The event had a very productive and successful Question and Answer session; for further Meetings are held from 10:30-12:30 with a guest information on the event please visit our website speaker and a sandwich lunch, we look forward to seeing you there.………… ..…… on: www.slcn.co.uk

The first Meeting of 2015 will take place on Carer Questionnaire Wednesday 4th February with a representative Above are some of the Carers Throughout the year the Carers Network will be from Boots Pharmacy as our first guest speaker of Eyes down for Bingo who enjoyed Dave Marshall’s Show distributing a Questionnaire.…Please complete this and the year. For a list of further meetings please check return in the prepaid envelope provided. page 7 of this newsletter or the Website for further Questionnaires will be distributed quarterly and in details. ………………………… alphabetical order to allow a balanced flow throughout the year. A Christmas Message Dates for the Diary

It has been another exciting year, as we are South Lanarkshire Carers Network empowered by new friends during networking and Below is a list of dates for the Carers meeting for 2015 to be held in say a fond farewell to Blantyre Miners Welfare Community Resource Centre, 3 Calder Street. promoting Self Directed Support.………………………... Self Directed Support (Development Officer) th th Linda Craig who has been with We now look forward to continuing with our…... Feb Wednesday 4 February Aug Wednesday 5 August voluntary Self Directed Support Information……... th nd Changing Support the Network since 2003. Mar Wednesday 4 March Sept Wednesday 2 September Roadshows throughout South Lanarkshire in 2015. Changing Lives Conference st th Linda will be joining the staff at Apr Wednesday 1 April Oct Wednesday 7 October will be held on May the season bring you caring and sharing that st Kilbryde Hospice in the new year. May Wednesday 6th May Nov Wednesday 4th November Wednesday 21 January 2015 will warm your heart. rd nd at Hamilton Race Course If you have any enquiries please call Pauline McIntosh Cheers from SL SDS Network Team Jun Wednesday 3 June Dec Wednesday 2 December Development Officer on 01698 285163.… Jul Wednesday 1st July Page 6 Page 3

Carer Information Packs Self Advocacy Toolkit Anticipatory Care Plan (ACP)

& Power Of Attorney Short Breaks Fund Self Advocacy Toolkit training course will take place (POA) campaign for your information. th Creative Breaks on 5 February 2015 from 10.30 - 2.30pm. The venue will be confirmed nearer the time.…… …..

The first TV advert PRT Lanarkshire Carers Centre has been awarded …………… . . ………… . …………………… will go out on The session can give you a brief overview of your STV on the funding by the Creative Breaks Grant Programme to 1st December. fund flexible breaks for carers as part of the range of rights and explore your experiences thus far in services and support that is currently offered to navigating the system. Good Communication The posters will Carers in Lanarkshire.…………………………………………. techniques are also covered. The session also digs be distributed deeper to explore why conversations go wrong, and throughout th This funding is available from 25 November 2014 how you can be more effective in your dealings but Lanarkshire and until 31st October 2015. All applications will be will appear on still be true to yourself. The session will be assessed by a panel who meet regularly throughout informal, participative, practical and fun..…………….. local buses. the year. ……………………….. Applications are made by contacting your local To book a place contact 01698 428090 PRT Lanarkshire Carers Centre Carer Support Worker or email: [email protected] To put the future in your hands, start the (or CLASP project in Wishaw/Shots) by contacting or conversation about Anticipatory Care Planning and Inside your Carers Pack you will find: visiting the centre in Hamilton (01698 428090) or the Power of Attorney. Airdrie base (01236 755550). Information input from  Information for Carers leaflet:- which For a Free Information Pack please call: South Lanarkshire Council includes a section to be completed and All applicants must be Carers or Young Carers who 0141 287 0470 returned to your local GP Practice are caring for an adult (aged 18 or over). A Carer  A List of contact details for the provides unpaid care to a family member, partner, New Reduced Price Care Home Liaison Team relative or friend who needs help to manage a long Therapies in Hamilton Carers Support Teams

term condition, disability, physical or mental ill health  Your Rights as a Carer The Care Home Liaison Team is based at Law Lanarkshire Carers’ Centre has a new Therapist  Supporting Young Carers House, near Carluke and provides a Lanarkshire or addiction. The fund will target those carers who (Theresa McGroarty) offering reduced price  Going into Hospital wide service to the 89 Care Homes in the area.……… are less likely to access traditional services, those therapies at Lifestyles, Neilsland Road in Fairhill,

who are under most stress and also those in most  Services in your community The main role of the team is to liaise between NHS Hamilton each Wednesday..………………………...  Finances - Costs and Benefits need of a short break. Lanarkshire and the Care Homes and to provide Theresa offers massage, facials and a range of  Useful contacts training for staff working in the Care Homes.………. Creative Breaks funding is intended to be flexible and beauty therapies for example.………………………...

. provide Carers with a break from day to day

You will find these packs widely available Prices are £7 for half an hour and £13 for an hour. routines, a chance to try new things and participate throughout the community. For further details contact: Or give South Lanarkshire Carers Network Allison Cavinue - Care Home Liaison Nurse in social activities, and time to rest and recharge They are available to carers and appointments can Team Leader on 01698 377784 their batteries. Breaks might include, for example, be booked through:: ………………………………….. a call on 01698 285163

short holidays, leisure/fitness pursuits, cinema Lanarkshire Carers Centre on: 01698 428090

Feel Good for Free with Seniors Together passes, pampering sessions, going out for a meal, nd classes/lessons or other day/evening activities. It Thursday 22 January 2015 - In the Banqueting Hall South Lanarkshire Council Headquarters can also be used to fund joint breaks and activities Lanarkshire Epilepsy Support Group

Almada Street, Hamilton - 9:30-11:30am Family Support for the carer and the person they care for.…………. ……………………… This is a group that has been set up for parents and Information Stands / Beauty / Health Checks / New Age Sports - Taster Sessions The fund does not set restrictions on the nature or siblings of children with epilepsy, 8 years old and Come along and find out more information on what's on offer at Seniors Together such as: younger.…………………………………………………………... length of the break. Applicants are encouraged to

Men's Shed / Get Out, Get Active, Get Involved with Forward @ 50 / Health and Wellbeing Group think about how this fund could be used to support It is a new project set up with Lanarkshire……….. East Kilbride Heritage Project and lots more. regular short breaks over a longer period rather than Epilepsy Support Group who will be working in Feel Good Day is aimed at anyone living in South Lanarkshire who is retired or thinking of retirement. a one off holiday. co-ordination with Lanarkshire NHS paediatric……….

services to provide information and family support.. Call the office on 01698 454105 for more information ………………….

For details contact Helen MacDonald at [email protected] or telephone: 07879 363846.

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Staying Safe Guide – for People Overlooking the sea at Largo Bay, the cottages are equipped with ceiling tracking hoists in wet-room Warm Home Discount Dementia Adventures

with Learning Disabilities and bedroom(s), profiling bed(s), and pressure Can you Save £140 this Winter? Dementia Adventures is a multi-award winning The Foundation for People with Learning relief mattress(es). There is a Clos-o-Mat toilet in Disabilities has produced an easy-read guide to two of the cottages and a range of other specialist For winter 2014 to 2015, you could get a £140 social enterprise based in Essex but covering the ‘Staying Safe on Social Media and On-line’. equipment including a shower trolley, a shower discount on your electricity bill through the………. whole of the UK. They provide holidays for people The guide aims to give people with learning chair, high back and riser/recliner chairs.…………….. Warm Home Discount Scheme. The discount will with dementia and are all about enabling and not affect your Cold Weather Payment or Winter Fuel supporting people to enjoy the great outdoors and disabilities and their carers/parents more…………….. confidence about being on-line safely. Payment if you receive one. Not everyone gets the to continue to do what they enjoy.…

discount - you have to qualify.……………………………... Their webpage contains information on a range of

You qualify for the discount if on 12th July 2014 all of activity breaks but it is worth enquiring as they can the following apply: offer bespoke holidays/experiences in Scotland.……

 Your supplier was part of the scheme. Dementia Adventures has a successful track record  Your name (or your partner’s) was on the bill. in designing and delivering small group short

 You were getting the Guarantee Credit element breaks and holidays for people living with dementia of Pension Credit (even if you get Savings Credit and their carers to enjoy together. Maximum

It is available from: http://fpld.org.uk as well). group size is 12 including volunteers and staff.……

Some suppliers offer the discount to vulnerable Stories/examples of holidays can be found at: people (for example, to those on a low income). http:/www.dementiaadventure.co.uk ………. Each supplier has their own rules about who else Adjacent to the cottages there is a newly-built or alternatively you can enquire by calling (known as the ‘broader group’) can get this help. ‘drop-in centre’, known as The Paxton Centre after Lucy on: 01245 237548 Homelands Trust – Accessible People with learning disabilities may be in the local lady, Miss Isabel Paxton, whose legacy made Holiday Cottages broader group. Check with your supplier if the person the whole project possible. you support meets their rules for broader group help

Lundin Links charity, Homelands Trust-Fife The centre offers a variety of group and individual and how to apply for it.…………………………………………

(SC027281) has recently welcomed the first guests activities such as self-management courses, , th Applications should be made by 30 January 2015. Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy to their four brand-new, accessible, self-catering, alternative therapies and health walks..…………….... holiday cottages. The buildings are specifically To enquire about this scheme you can contact: The cottages opened for business on………………….. designed and equipped to meet the needs of Warm Home Discount Scheme on: : 13th September 2014. Feedback from guests so far people with a range of disabilities and/or 0345 6039439 has been excellent.…… long-term health conditions...…………………………..

Scottish Consortium for Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy in Scotland is a Learning Disability (SCLD) charity providing music therapy to vulnerable Sessional Work children, young people and adults across the country as well as to older people. They work with

people who may have an autistic spectrum SCLD is looking for people with learning disabilities disorder, a learning disability, mental health and family carers to sign up to their register of problems, a life limiting illness or dementia. They sessional work.…………..………………………………………… have a music therapy clinic in Maryhill (Glasgow). …………………………………………………… . . . ……………………... They pay £7.65 an hour and work is offered on an ‘as They accept referrals from parents, carers and and when’ basis.……….…………………...……………………. professionals, as well as self-referrals. They offer …………………………………………………………………………… workshops and short courses for people who are It may be developing training packs, helping to interested in finding more about how music can evaluate events, mystery shopping or being involved For more information contact David Paton have an impact on wellbeing.……………………………. Three of the cottages sleep four people in two bed- in designing their website.……….………………………....… Development Co-ordinator on: 01333 329039 ……………………………………….. rooms (six with a lounge sofa bed) and the fourth or to read about prices/availability and to see more Details of what they can offer can be found at: sleeps eight in four bedrooms. For details contact Susan Forrest on: photos of the new cottages visit: 0141 559 5730 or email: [email protected] http://www.nordoffrobbinsscotland.org.uk or by contacting them on: 01506 239 578 www.homelands-fife.co.uk … ……