Carers' Rights

Carers in Hertfordshire has a range of fact-sheets
covering your rights as a carer including
carers' assessments, time off and employment. 

You can request these using our contact form or download them in pdf format here.

Carers in Hertfordshire Fact Sheets:

General Information for Carers:
	Fact Sheet G1: About Carers in Hertfordshire		Fact Sheet G2: Benefits for Carers
	Fact Sheet G3: Carers Assessments		Fact Sheet G4: Carers Rights
	Fact Sheet G5: Carers and Employment		Fact Sheet G6: Direct Payments
	Fact Sheet G7: How to Access Grants and Funding		Fact Sheet G8: New to Caring? Caring for someone who is Elderly or Physically Disabled
	Fact Sheet G9: Helpful Organisations and Websites		Fact Sheet G10: Medicine Top Tips
Fact Sheets for Carers of People with Mental Health Problems:
	Fact Sheet MH1: What is Mental Illness?		Fact Sheet MH2: Types of mental illness: Neurosis and psychosis
	Fact Sheet MH3: Types of mental illness other than neurosis and psychosis
Fact Sheets for Carers of Adults with Learning Disability:
	Fact Sheet LD1: Internet Information on Learning Disability
Fact Sheets for Carers of People who Misuse Drugs or Alcohol:
	Fact Sheet DA1: Community Drug and Alcohol Teams		Fact Sheet DA2: Hertfordshire organisations providing support for drug and alcohol
	Fact Sheet DA3: Internet information - drug and alcohol		Fact Sheet DA4: UK organisations providing support for drug and alcohol
Fact Sheets for Parent Carers:
	Fact Sheet PC1: Help for Parent Carers		Fact Sheet PC2: Organisations and Contacts of Use to Parent Carers
	Fact Sheet PC3: Help for your child: Adaptations and Equipment		Fact Sheet PC4: Holidays and Respite for Parent Carers
	Fact Sheet PC5: Parent Carer Participation & Involvement

 More fact sheets will be uploaded to this page as they become available.