Advice and information for carers
Admiral Nurses
You can find dementia support from specialist dementia nurses called Admiral Nurses who can support you as a carer.
Find out more about Admiral Nurses and how to book an appointment
Phone the Admiral Nurses dementia helpline: 0800 888 6678
Alzheimer's Society
Alzheimer’s Society dementia advisers provide 1-to-1 support for anyone living with dementia or worried about their memory.
Find out more about support available from Alzheimer's Society
Caring for a person with dementia can be hard. Alzheimer’s Society also offers advice on caring for someone as their dementia progresses.
Other resources from Alzheimer's Society include:
Help and support with dementia care
Caring for a person with dementia: a practical guide
Your health and wellbeing
To help you cope with the challenges of caring for someone with dementia, it is important to look after your own health and wellbeing.
Find help to improve your health and wellbeing
As a carer, you may feel a range of emotions such as guilt. Alzheimer's Society also provides information to help you manage these feelings.
Find help to deal with guilty feelings
Claiming benefits
Benefits are payments made by the government to help people with specific needs, including those who live with a disability, which could be caused by dementia.
As a carer, you may also be entitled to claim certain benefits.
Alzheimer’s Society provides useful information about claiming benefits including:
- who is entitled to make a claim
- how, when, where to claim
- how to manage benefits for someone else
- where to find help to make a claim
For more information, see how to claim benefits if you're affected by dementia
Support for unpaid carers
Unpaid carers can be anyone who provides unpaid, on-going care and emotional support to another person.
Birmingham Carers Hub
Birmingham Carers Hub offers support to those caring for someone with dementia through 3 delivery partners who together form the Dementia Carers Hub:
- Age Concern Birmingham
- Age UK Birmingham
- Dementia Carers Count
The hub offers a wide range of support and services for unpaid carers including, information and advice, statutory carer's assessments, and much more.
Find out more about Birmingham Carers Hub
Find out more about Dementia Carers Hub services
If you have any questions:
Email: dementiacarers@birminghamcarershub.org.uk
Phone: 0333 006 9711.
Crossroads
An organisation that offers advice and services to support unpaid carers.
Find out more about Crossroads
The Carers Trust
The Carers Trust has lots of useful information, including benefits, grants and discounts available to carers.
Find out more from the Carers Trust
Paid carers
Having a paid carer visit a person with dementia in their own home can make a huge difference with day-to-day living.
It can help them stay living independently in their own home.
Find out more about getting paid help at home
Carer's assessment
If you regularly care for a family member or friend, you may have a right to a statutory assessment under the Care Act 2014.
Find out more and check if you are entitled to an assessment
Support may include:
- respite care to give you some rest
- financial support, such as carer’s allowance
Birmingham Carers Hub - emergency support
Birmingham Carers Hub offers emergency back-up care, known as carers emergency response service (CERS).
To access the emergency support, you will need to be a carer registered with Birmingham Carers Hub.
Birmingham Community Healthcare (BCHC)
One of the largest community based NHS Foundation Trusts in the country, BCHC provides access to the support you may need as a carer.
Find out more about BCHC and the support they offer
More information
You can find more information for carers on our website.
Page last updated: 22 April 2024
