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The Mapping, Education & Carer Service (ABUHB)

The Mapping, Education & Carer Service (MECS) within ABUHB is a newly formed team consisting of dementia coordinators from various professional backgrounds, based within Gwent. One of the main aims of the service is to promote and facilitate carers’ education courses tailored to each area, for those caring for people living with dementia.

Through our professional roles, we have had first-hand experience of the extremely difficult situations that carers have dealt with since the outbreak of Covid-19. We appreciate how tremendously difficult the lack of resources and over-stretching of services has been for carers. We know that carers have isolated themselves to protect their loved ones, with no regular respite, routine or social activities available for many months. We are aware that the caring role has been exacerbated by the pandemic many times over, with a higher risk of carer burnout.

We will be offering a 6-week educational programme for carers in each borough, with input from specialists such as Consultant Psychiatrists, Memory Nurses, Occupational Therapists, Social Workers, Dieticians and others. As well as charitable organisations including the Carers Trust and Alzheimer’s Society.

We recognise that each carer and their caring role is unique, and we want them to know they are not alone. We hope to offer a safe space to meet, share their experiences and build relationships. We hope that our input will offer more insight into their caring roles and the support available to them and their loved ones. We hope that our education courses will provide the carers with the confidence, knowledge and ability to contact appropriate services when required.

We commit to offering a high quality, meaningful and friendly service for carers, and pay tribute to the outstanding commitment they make on a daily basis.

Commitments

Supporting Carers is a fundamental part of our service and as such we will always look to support carers both internally within our organisation and those who come to use our service. Carers are a standing agenda item at staff ...
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We commit to being carer friendly, and working as a collaborative group to constantly improve support to carers at a practical level. As the group contains representation from all five Gwent local authorities, Aneurin Bevan University Health Board and the ...
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At Pentwyn CMHT, we recognise that caregiving is an essential responsibility that significantly impacts not only the carers themselves but also the individuals they care for, as well as our staff and the wider community. Carers—whether family members, friends, ...
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As a Councillor at TCBC I recognise the valuable role unpaid carers play in our community especially now in this very difficult time. I commit to listening and helping them whenever I can and signposting them to organisations that can ...
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As a GP Practice we recognise the importance of our carers, the roles they undertake and the issues they may face. We commit to continually improve that way our carers are identified, informed, listened to and supported within our Practice. ...
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At Community Furniture Aid we continued to be aware of important role carers undertake every day. We will take every chance to promote this campaign that is close to our hearts
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We commit to supporting the Carers to the best of our abilities. Their role is vital and we commit to ensuring that all staff and volunteers are aware of carers, the issues they face and the local support that is ...
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We recognise that caring is an important issue that affects our staff, volunteers and clients and that carers play a vital role within our communities. We commit to ensuring that all staff and volunteers are aware of carers, the issues ...
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We commit to fully support the work of the Carer Friendly Team at Carers Trust South East Wales. We also commit to ensuring that we do everything we can to support colleagues who have a caring role.
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“We will listen to what matters to carers and what will make a difference, and we will support carers to engage in personal development opportunities if this is their wish. “ “We understand how important it is to ensure that everyone ...
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