If you're planning a holiday or short break you may be able to get financial help from your local authority to pay for it.
As a carer you may be given your own grant, separate to the payments or services given to the person you care for. You can use the grant to pay for your short break or holiday whether you're going away with the person you care for or not. The holiday or short break may be in the UK or abroad.
Some councils allow you to use vouchers to pay for extra costs associated with your holiday, including:
This might be for a short break or holiday so that you can maintain your health or wellbeing in order to continue providing care.
You'll need to ask your social services department for a carer’s assessment, which will help determine the kind of help you need as a carer. Direct payments are available to carers aged 16 and older.
The local authority may also be able to help with the cost of paying for alternative care for the person you care for while you're away. You may find it useful to read the Department of Health guide on direct payments
Call Carers Direct on 0808 802 0202
Vouchers
Many local authorities give vouchers to help with the cost of short-term breaks or holidays for carers. Sometimes these vouchers are called respite grants or carers' grants.As a carer you may be given your own grant, separate to the payments or services given to the person you care for. You can use the grant to pay for your short break or holiday whether you're going away with the person you care for or not. The holiday or short break may be in the UK or abroad.
Some councils allow you to use vouchers to pay for extra costs associated with your holiday, including:
- providing a ‘live-in’ carer to care for the person you look after while you're away,
- a short stay in residential care or a nursing home for the person you care for while you're away, or
- the cost of extra care to cover the time you are away.
Direct payments
As a carer you may be able to get money towards the cost of a holiday or short break in a direct payment. Direct payments are payments from your local authority, so that you can buy the services you have been assessed as needing.This might be for a short break or holiday so that you can maintain your health or wellbeing in order to continue providing care.
You'll need to ask your social services department for a carer’s assessment, which will help determine the kind of help you need as a carer. Direct payments are available to carers aged 16 and older.
The local authority may also be able to help with the cost of paying for alternative care for the person you care for while you're away. You may find it useful to read the Department of Health guide on direct payments
Call Carers Direct on 0808 802 0202
IMI Team
+844 474 8393
info@imiparking.co.uk
www.imiparking.co.uk
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