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Dementia Carers in East Sussex

Anita Brett-Everest, Resource Officer, Carers Breaks Engagement Team

Tamsin Peart, Strategic Commissioning Manager – Carers

Adult Social Care

Carers Breaks Engagement Team

• ASC Team who engage directly with people with dementia and their carers

• Flexible short term interventions• Carers’ assessments • Ensure appropriate referrals within ASC

and to other organisations and feedback to primary care referrers.

Carers Breaks Engagement Team

• Work with an individual to identify services/activities in the community &/or Personal Assistants

• Provides carer with a regular break• Primary care referrals can be accepted for self

funders and patients who have declined a formal social care/carers assessment

• Refer via HSCC (see next slide)

HSCC (Health & Social Care Connect) Formerly known as ICAP - Integrated Community Access Point• Health and Social Care Connect manages access and referral routes to

Adult Community Health and Social Care Services. It is jointly delivered by ESCC Adult Social Care and East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust (ESHT)

• It is the conduit for health and social care professionals to access a range of Adult Community Health and Social Care Services including: Joint Community Rehabilitation, District Nursing and Intermediate Care Beds.

• Health and Social Care Connect operates 7 days a week, from 8am to 10pm, including bank holidays.

• If you need to make a referral please do this by completing a BICA  and email to esh-tr.icap@nhs.net or phone 0300 678 0010

• If you are making a referral for JCR you can refer using a copy of your up to date support plan

• Health and Social Care Connect will then pass the referrals and any relevant supporting information on to the required community service

Carers Breaks Engagement Team

• Possible interventions include: Set up urgent care packages Home visits Accompanying patient to GP or other health

appointment including Memory Assessment Assistance with managing medication Support to maintain caring role

Bexhill Pilot• Dedicated resource for Federation of

Bexhill practices known as Integrated Community Care (ICC)

• Patients with dementia• Carers• Single & short term interventions• Direct liaison with the practices, attending

MDTs, visiting practices weekly

EHS and H&R Dementia Support Workers• 4 dedicated support workers to respond to

patients with dementia identified through primary care to:

Access services and community activities; Identify needs of carer Support patients to return home from respite Identify appropriate residential care Medication compliance Access to assistive technologies

Support for carers from Adult Social Care

•Carers Assessments & Personal Budgets•CRESS – emergency respite•East Sussex Carers Card - discounts •Flexi TeleChecks

Respite for Healthcare Appointments & Training• Extra help or funding to look after cared for

person, so carers can take care of their own health or attend training relating to caring role.

• No charge for this service• Access: through existing homecare

provider or funds held by Care for the Carers

• T: 01323 738390 • E: info@cftc.org.uk • W: www.cftc.org.uk

Alzheimer’s Society• Singing for the Brain• Dementia Adviser Service • Support Service for carers• Befriending of people with dementia• Helpline• Carer Information & Support Programme

(CrISP)• Seehaven for under 65s• T: 01424 773687 E: east.sussex@alzheimers.org.uk

Association of Carers

Respite and BefriendingRespite for Healthcare appointmentsTelephone counsellingComputer Help at HomeSupport to identify appropriate residential respite/long term care•T: 0300 330 9498 E: sue@associationofcarers.org.uk •W: http://www.associationofcarers.org.uk

British Red Cross

• Free, short-term, practical and emotional support to carers to allow them to have a short break from their caring role or to support them in times of crisis. T: 0800 028 0831

• E: enquirieskentandsussex@redcross.org.uk• W: www.redcross.org.uk

Care for the CarersInformation and advice Practical and emotional supportCounsellingHelp to access other servicesOpportunities to meet other carers and build

support networksCarers CardSocial Isolation Pilot “Care to Chat”

• T: 01323 738390 • E: info@cftc.org.uk • W: www.cftc.org.uk

East Sussex Young CarersInformation, advice & signposting Chill Clubs1-to-1 support from trained staffYoung Carers AssessmentsYoung Carers Personal BudgetsT: 0300 777 2011E: info@eastsussexyoungcarers.org.ukW: www.eastsussexyoungcarers.org.uk

Other Support for Carers• East Sussex Drug and Alcohol

Recovery Service (STAR) • T: 0300 30 38 160 (Freephone) W: www.cri.org.uk

• Headway Hurstwood Park • T: 01825 724323 E: info@headway-hp.co.uk W: www.headway-hp.org.uk

• Improving Carers’ Experience Project (ICE Project) T: 01273 617100

• E: alan.icepro@btconnect.com or jane.icepro@btconnect.com W: www.iceproject.co.uk

• Motor Neurone Disease Association (East Sussex Branch)

• T: 01323 843084 • E: smallwood.sue@sky.com W: www.mndassociation.org

Training for Carers

• CrISP (for dementia carers)• Adult Social Care training for

independent sector available to carers East Sussex Learning Portal

• Care for the Carers Toolkit Carers Toolkit

• WRAP• ICE Project

ContactsAnita.Brett-Everest@eastsussex.gov.ukTel 01323 432340

Tamsin.Peart@eastsussex.gov.ukTel. 01273 336195