Help with moving and handling for carers in Surrey

As a carer, your role may include helping someone move about.

Action for Carers Surrey’s Moving and Handling service provides safe solutions for carers who carry out moving and handling as part of their role. We offer information, advice, training and support to help carers prevent potential injury to themselves or the person they care for – adults and children. Whether it’s some simple tips, or discussing more specialised equipment that will help, our team can advise. Like all our services, this support is free.

Moving and handling tasks can include:

Helping someone get into or out of a chair or bed
Dressing
Wheelchair transfers
Car transfers
Using a hoist or other equipment

Avoid the risk of damage to your own health

It’s important that you watch out for your own health. We are vulnerable to injury at any age. It’s not dependent on how capable or strong we think we are.

The effects of poor moving and handling can potentially build up over time and result in some of the following problems:

Increased tiredness
Reduction or loss of mobility
Injury or strain to joints, ligaments, or your back
Sharp or long-term pain or discomfort
Potential damage to you or the person you are caring for
Inability to work, be active or care

I was very grateful to the lovely lady that came out to show me how to move my mum. She was very helpful with lots of tips and advice.

How we can support you:

We can offer a lot of help and information that will help you in your caring role, and ensure you get the right support in how you move the person you support.

We can:

Visit your home or the place where you do your caring
Provide tailor-made solutions to your individual caring situation
Give short-term loans of small handling equipment
Train you on the use of handling equipment
Give support at a pace which enables you to feel safe and confident
Refer you to other support services, as well as signpost you to other sources of help
Advocate on your behalf
Liaise with other professionals

Your advisors were a lifeline – excellent advice and supply of useful equipment. We wouldn’t be managing without them.

Our Moving and Handling Advisors regularly hold Zoom sessions on the physical aspects of caring for someone, and how to do this safely for you both. It’s an ideal way to pick and some tips, learn about some simple kit and techniques that can make a big difference, as well as meet our team.

Find out more on our events pages

NHS Falls prevention advice

Surrey Heartlands have some really helpful videos on preventing and managing falls.

Falls prevention videos

Surrey County Council

SCC’s Adult Social Care team have helpful information on its staying independent section. This includes:

Support where you live

Action for Carers works in partnership with charity White Lodge to provide Moving and Handling services in Surrey.

In Guildford, Waverley, Mole Valley, Tandridge, Reigate or Banstead…

If you provide care in Guildford, Waverley, Mole Valley, Tandridge, Reigate or Banstead, the support comes from Action for Carers. To find out more about how we can help, give us a call on 0303 040 1234 or drop us an email at MovingAndHandling@Actionforcarers.org.uk

To access the service, please complete our short registration form – then one of our Advisors will call you back.

In Epsom & Ewell, Elmbridge, Runnymede, Spelthorne, Woking or Surrey Heath…

If you provide care in Epsom & Ewell, Elmbridge, Runnymede, Spelthorne, Woking or Surrey Heath, the support comes from White Lodge. Call them on 01932 577993 or send an email to MHadvisors@whitelodgecentre.co.uk

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About White Lodge

White Lodge provides services that enable those with a range of disabilities, their families and carers to lead fulfilling lives.

For more details of White Lodge’s services, call 01932 567131, email them, or visit www.whitelodgecentre.co.uk

Thank you for the sensitive and professional advice. The advisor was very helpful.