Carers UK Digital Resources
Carers UK’s have provided a series of e-learning modules to support you looking after the person you care for if they are older, disabled or seriously ill.
All e-learning modules have been developed by Carers UK, and are offered in collaboration with Suffolk County Council and Suffolk Family Carers. This are FREE but you do need to create an account. You will need to use the access code DGTL8472 when registering
Support for caring
Caring for someone can be valuable and rewarding, but without the right support caring can have health, financial and social impacts.
The Building Resilience For Caring e-learning module Designed to help you understand how to build a help network, find local resources and services and find other areas of support, such as local services and resources. It will also give you tips to support your caring role and help you understand the benefits of technology to support you and the person you look after.
Health & wellbeing
Caring for someone can be rewarding but it can also be very tiring, putting a lot of demand on your physical and emotional energy. In this section you will find resources to support your own physical and emotional health and wellbeing as well as the health and wellbeing of the person you look after.
You & Your Wellbeing is designed to help you build strategies to maintain your physical and emotional wellbeing whilst caring.
Carers UK has teamed up with Nutricia to develop the Good nutrition when caring for someone module which aims to help carers understand the role of nutrition both for themselves as well as the person they are looking after.
Working & skills
Three in five of us will become carers at some stage in our lives, and there are currently over three million working carers in the UK. Whether you need support to help you juggle work and care, thinking of leaving or returning to work this section includes relevant information to help you explore your choices and make the right decisions.
Working and caring explores topics such as telling your employer and colleagues you are a carer, your legal rights, flexible working and leave arrangements, as well as leaving and returning to work.
If you spend a lot of time caring for another person it can sometimes feel like you lose track of your own plan in life. Learning for Living is designed to help you recognise skills gained through caring to help you apply those skills in relevant environments such as paid work or volunteering.
