Carers Choices

At a glance

Causes

Children / families
Learning disabilities / difficulties
Mental health
Older people / later life
Physical disabilities
Social care
Young people

Other details

Geographical remit:

Local

Objectives

Carers Choices is the leading Essex based Charity supporting Carers and the people they care for through dedicated and specialist respite services. We provide services in the home and in innovative day centre settings to meet the needs of Carers.

Our Services support the invaluable work of unpaid Carers enabling them to continue their caring role through maintaining their health and wellbeing. The cared for are treated with respect and have a range of suitable and appropriate therapies that ensure their quality of life is maintained and improved.

Activities

We deliver our support for Carers through several different service areas:

Respite in the Home; trained staff providing a CQC registered service helping Carers to take a break serving 40 clients.
Rainbow Centre; for Adults with Disabilities serving 29 clients over a 5-day period, specialising in more profound disabilities
Silver Birch Centres; 4 specialist dementia centres in Essex operating 5 days a week giving Carers a quality 6-hour break and providing cognitive stimulation therapy to clients, serving 109 clients.
Young Carers; operating in Castle Point and Basildon supporting over 60 Young Carers through weekly support clubs and one to ones.

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