Surrey County Council
Surrey County Council offer a wide range of support and information for carers.
You’ll find all the main information and links on this page.
Connect to Support
Connect to Support Surrey is a comprehensive directory of care and support services in Surrey and includes: community groups. help at home. regulated care provider services.
The Surrey Care Services Directory
- Accessing care services from Surrey council.
- Finding care in Surrey.
- Working out what you will have to pay for care.
- Locating care homes in Surrey.
The Surrey Care Services Directory is a comprehensive guide to the care and support available locally. It aims to provide support, information and guidance to individuals, caregivers and those in need of any related information about adult social care services in Surrey.
Surrey Care Services Directory
Care Costs at home and residential
Surrey County Council have a tool, the Care Cost Indicator, which helps families understand the current and likely future long term costs of care – either at home, or going into residential care.
For some people this is free, but if you have savings, you may have to pay part or all of the costs of care.
This tool shows you the likely costs of this care, based on averages, over a number of years, and includes information and links to help people planning ahead.
NHS
Surrey Heartlands provides NHS support to Surrey residents. You can read all about their support and strategy for Surrey’s carers on this page
Surrey Heartlands support for carers
Local Surrey support
Frimley: details of support for unpaid carers who live in Frimley, here
A Practical Guide to Caring (NHS)
This guide Stop Look Care – A Practical Guide to Caring from NHS Surrey Heartlands, is for paid carers. It outlines many of the tasks and responsibilities paid carers undertake, as well as health matters to consider and physical problems to watch out for – coded green, amber or red, depending on seriousness. Topics include nutrition, continence, medication, preventing falls, skin care, etc. As a family/friend carer you may find it helpful, but note it is for paid carers. There are tasks listed, that are not your responsibility as unpaid carers. For example. there is no expectation that you carry out processes such as catheter care, unless this is something you want to do, feel able to do, and have been trained to do.
See the Stop Look Care Guide here