Carers resources and services

Personalisation for older people: supported housing

Part of Personalisation

How personalisation can work for older people living in purpose-built supported accommodation.

End of life care: why supporting family carers is vital

This film looks at practical and emotional support for family members caring for people at the end of life and at counselling for the bereaved.

Reablement: a guide for families and carers

Part of Reablement

This At a glance briefing is designed to help people understand what reablement is, and what family and friends can do to help.

People not processes: the future of personalisation and independent living

This is a report of two seminars which brought together service users, carers, social care practitioners and policy makers to discuss the future of personalisation at a time of limited resources.

'We are more than our story': service user and carer participation in social work education

Part of Co-production

This report draws on the views of service users and carers from the Social Work Education Participation (SWEP) website steering group and members of the General Social Care Council (GSCC) Visitors group who inspect social work programmes with GSCC inspectors.

Principles of participation

The video explores how service user and carer participation has become an increasingly important part of how adult social care services are developed and delivered. The video uses the example of how Manchester Adult Social Care services are involving service users and carers.

Early onset dementia: living at home with nursing support

The impact of early onset dementia, and the positive effect of skilled, knowledgeable support for the carer.

Prevention: Reablement

An introduction to home care reablement.

Supporting carers: the social worker

This film focuses on the work of Nicola James, a social worker for Surrey County Council.

Personalisation for older people: residential care

Part of Personalisation

The implications personalisation has for older people living in residential care.