Caring at Home Services in Mid Essex

This free service has been commissioned to support adult carers. 

The offer includes:

• One to one information and support to carers 
• Support via phone, text, email or face to face visits including home visits
• Groups and activities for carers
• Help to get Carers Trust grants
• Referrals to carefree breaks
• Free SIM cards

The offer in Southend includes funding for breaks for carers, support to help carers to access their own appointments and one-off respite break funding.

Bliss offers a wide range of free services for the families of premature and sick babies including a video call support service.

The support group is a way to learn more about living with a lung condition and share your experiences and stories with others.

Carers UK offers information and support to carers across the UK. There is an online forum and local support groups for carers. 

The Children's Community Nursing Service team provides nursing care for children and young people with a health need including palliative care in their own home or the community and includes training and support for families and carers. The primary aim is to prevent hospital admission, attendance and length of hospital stay through supporting a family to care for their child at home or within their local community.

This service covers Mid Essex excluding Halstead.

The advice line provides access to a member of the hospice team who is able to give advice on symptoms, nursing care and other needs relating to life-limiting/palliative care needs and available between 8.00am and 8.00pm, 7 days a week.

Please call the advice line when:

• advice is needed regarding hospice care and support
• advice or information is needed regarding the management of symptoms
• concerns about symptoms that need to be addressed before your next scheduled visit/appointment
• reassurance is required for someone who is anxious about a change in their condition

The team include Clinical Nurse Specialists, Registered Nurses and Health Care Assistants. They are experts in pain and symptom control and provide:

• Specialist Physiotherapy
• Occupational Therapy
• Complementary Therapy
• Social Work
• Counselling 
• Family Support Practitioners

The team provides clinical service for palliative care patients in their own home.

Hub hours for referrals are Monday to Friday, 8.30am to 4.30pm.

Rainbow Trust Children’s Charity supports families who have a child aged 0 to18 years with a life-threatening or terminal illness.

Together for Short Lives have a helpline and family support hub to provide help and advice for those caring for a child with a serious illness.

Young lives vs Cancer support young people under 25 with cancer, and their families, to get the help they need during their cancer treatment and beyond, including bereaved families living with emotional distress.