Resources
Adult Carer Support Plan
An adult carer support plan (ACSP) is an opportunity to discuss what support or services you need.
This will look at how caring affects your life, including your physical, mental and emotional needs, and whether you are able or willing to carry on caring.
Emergency Plan
An Emergency Plan outlines the necessary steps to take care of the person you're responsible for in case of an emergency.
By creating this plan, you can identify an emergency contact to be notified if an emergency arises and you're unable to provide care.
Carers Emergency Card Application
The Fife Carers Emergency Card identifies you as an unpaid or family carer and means that if something unforeseen should happen to you that leaves you unable to be there for the person you care for your emergency plan can be put into operation and the person you care for be looked after.
Having the card gives carers the confidence that the right kind of support is there when they need it, 24 hours a day whether the emergency is big or small.
Time to Live Funding
The Scottish Government has made this funding available to help support and sustain carers (including young carers and kinship carers) by enabling better access to short breaks or respite care. The fund will be used to help develop existing, new and innovative models of short breaks which will help to support current and future provision of short breaks and respite care. The funding is designed to support a 'preventative' approach to short break provision, recognising the importance of planned breaks in promoting good health and wellbeing for carers and those they care for.
Time to Live Funding has the following aims:
Carers and those they care for will have improved physical and emotional wellbeing;
Carers will have more opportunity to live a life outside of caring;
Carers will be better able to keep going with their caring roles;
Carers with little support will have more opportunity to access breaks.
The funding can help with a range of costs associated with short breaks, including transport, accommodation, leisure activities and supported holidays. Applications can be for amounts up to £500.
The Time to Live fund is managed by Fife Voluntary Action (www.fva.org)
The Carers Act
The Carers (Scotland) Act 2016 is a law passed by the Scottish Parliament to improve support for unpaid carers in Scotland. The Act recognises the important contribution of carers and aims to ensure that they are better supported in their caring role.
For more on The Carers Act – click here