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

I commit to supporting people in my local community to become aware of what it means to be a carer and what support is available to them as part of their caring role.
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I commit to raising awareness of carers. I recognise and value the role of unpaid carers. Through my work, with young carers and schools, I will continue to encourage more people to be Carer Friendly and recognise the incredible work ...
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I am constantly surprised by the incredible work of unpaid carers, and the humility they display about their work. I firmly believe in Carer Friendly and would encourage everyone to support this brilliant initiative.
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As a committed, enthusiastic and caring Team, the Gwent Carers Hub staff commit to thinking outside the box to support carers in the way that they want it. We commit to not accepting the status quo and appropriately challenging issues ...
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My commitment to carers: • I will actively work to help my: colleagues, service users and the wider public understand who carers are and the issues they may face • I will ensure that there is good quality and accessible information available ...
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As a school, we pledge to support our Young Carers in our school. We pledge to ensure that they feel supported by staff and students and to ensure that they know where they can go to seek advice.
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YMCA Cardiff in partnership with Cardiff Council Support4Families and Vale Council Families First, commit to promoting and raising awareness of young carers and young adult carers in Cardiff & The Vale. We commit to identifying, engaging, supporting & empowering ...
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We recognise that caring is an important issue that affects our staff, volunteers and clients. Our staff know about the issues carers may face and the local support available to them. We will actively help people understand who carers are ...
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We commit to working hard to ensure young carers are recognised and identified. We will make sure they are offered the support they deserve. We pledge to make sure they are recognised for the valuable contributions they make to their ...
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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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