Admiral Nurses:

Admiral Nurses are specialist mental health nurses specialising in dementia. Admiral Nurses work with family, carers and people with dementia, in the community and other settings, working collaboratively with other professionals, to improve the quality of life for people with dementia and their carers. For further information please refer to http://www.dementiauk.org/what-we-do/admiral-nurses/

Parkinson’s UK:

Parkinson’s UK provide support for people with Parkinson’s and their carers though local support groups and one-to-one support workers who can assist with benefit applications and provide emotional support, up-to-date information on local services and a supporting voice whilst liaising with other services. For more information please refer to http://www.parkinsons.org.uk/

Alzheimer’s Society:

Alzheimer’s society provide various support services including day care and home care for people with dementia, as well as support and befriending services to help families cope with the demands of caring. For more information please refer to http://alzheimers.org.uk/

Harrow Crossroads:

Harrow Crossroads provide care breaks to Carers in the borough of Harrow.  This free service is available to everyone who is looking after someone at home in an unpaid capacity, who has a disability or chronic sickness and can only be left for a short period of time. For more information please refer to http://www.harrowcrossroads.co.uk/

Age UK:

Age UK, the recent outcome of the merger between Age concern & Help the Aged, provide a range of support services ranging from benefit advice, healthy living to home safety and security. There is also information and guidance on home help and care homes. For more information please refer to http://www.ageuk.org.uk/

Older Peoples Services:

A department of the Social services specialising in assessing the needs of individuals over 65 with physical and/or mental health problems and consider how these can be best met. The subsequent care package could include practical support at home, meals-on-wheels, specialist aids/adaptations, blue badges/taxi-cards, respite care and much more. They are divided into the East and West Team and can be contacted on 020 8951 3811 or 020 8424 1234 respectively.

DirectGov:

DirectGov provide a comprehensive guide to the approaching the welfare benefit system with Information and advice available regarding all the relevant benefits which you and the person you care for could be entitled to. Further information is available on http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/index.htm

Harrow Partnership of Older People (POP):

Harrow POP seeks to enable older people to be more aware, informed, involved and influential in the planning and delivery of local services in order to improve those services; to have their say and be heard. If you would like to get involved there is further information on Harrow Partnership With Older People