Digital tools creating real networks of care - Philippa Lynch

Carers UK has just launched the Digital Resource for Carers, a solution that combines their own digital products and online resources with links to local information and support, providing a comprehensive online tool for carers which can reach them – and which they can use - at the click of a mouse.

The Digital Resource for Carers includes:

• About Me: building resilience for carers: an e-learning resource that helps carers identify and build networks of support and promotes their self-care.
• Jointly: a care co-ordination app for people sharing care.
• The role of good nutrition when caring for someone: an e-learning course that aims to help carers understand the role of nutrition both for themselves as well as the person they are looking after.
• Upfront Guide to Caring: a simple assessment tool to guide people new to caring or seeking support for the first time to navigate the Carers UK website.
• Looking after someone: Carers Rights Guide: which helps carers understand their rights as a carer and where to go for financial or practical help.
• Being Heard: a self-advocacy guide for carers: which helps carers develop the skills to self-advocate.

The system is now live and has a number of early adopters rolling out the resource in their own areas – Surrey County Council, Staffordshire County Council, West Sussex County Council, Wirral Council, Northamptonshire Council, Bracknell Forest Council, Reading Borough Council, Slough Borough Council, West Berkshire Council, Wokingham Borough Council, Windsor and Maidenhead CCG, and Brighton and Hove Council.

You can find out more here or contact Carers UK at digital.products@carersuk.org