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SIGNAL for Windsor, Ascot & Maidenhead 09/2016

Welcome to the September newsletter

SIGNAL provides information, advice and support to adult unpaid

carers who live in Windsor, Ascot and Maidenhead.

The Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead and Windsor, Ascot &

Maidenhead Clinical Commissioning Group gives SIGNAL the money

to run the service.

To be an adult unpaid carer you must:

Be over the age of 18

Provide a friend or family member with help and support

because of their illness or disability

Not get paid for providing this help

What is help and support?

This could be help to do shopping, housework, providing transport or

even just visiting a person and having a chat.

It is important you know about people and groups that can help you

stay healthy and happy when you are a carer.

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Books and leaflets

With the help of the council we have produced 3 booklets to help

support you as a carer.

You can download them from our website

www.signal4carers.org.uk/wamcarers

If you need these booklets in easy read or another format, please

contact the office and we will do this for you.

We have lots of other leaflets and information from different

groups and organisations such as the NHS.

If you contact us in the office and tell us what information you are interested in we can send

it to you.

Carers UK have lots of information on their website and also do online courses that can help

you in your role as a carer.

You can visit their website or you can arrange to come into our offices and we will help you.

www.signal4carers.org.uk/wamcarers/wamnoticeboard/40-digital-resources-from-carers-

uk-2

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Training

Safeguarding Adults (Level 1)

Tuesday 15th November, 1.30pm-4.30pm

To be held at the SIGNAL office in Bracknell

Contact office to book and let us know how we can support you during the training and pay

for your travel

Accessible Information Standard

The Accessible Information Standard is to make sure that people

who have a disability, impairment or sensory loss are given

information they can easily read or understand.

You are receiving this easy read newsletter because you have

told us this is the format you need.

If things change or if you want to let us know of other ways we can support you to

understand our information, please contact us and let us know.

Carers Week

This is held every year in June.

It helps make other people in the community aware of the very

important job carers do and how they can help support carers.

This year we had an information stand at Wexham Park Hospital.

The next important event is Carers Rights Day on

the 25th November 2016.

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Get involved

If you have some spare time you can volunteer for SIGNAL?

Help us tell people in the community about SIGNAL.

You will receive training and will have to have a DBS check.

To find out more about volunteering please contact Andrea

McCombie in the SIGNAL office

To find out more about any volunteering opportunity please

contact Andrea McCombie at the SIGNAL office.

Support Groups

These groups will help you meet other carers.

Ascot / Sunningdale Carers Support Group

Time: 10.30am – 12 noon

Dates: 2nd Tuesday of every month

Where: Recreation Hall, The Pavillion, Broomhall Lane, Sunningdale, SL5 0QS

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Support Groups continued.

Asian Ladies Support Group

Time: 10am – 12 noon

Dates: 1st Friday of every month (as long as the room is free)

Where: Desborough Rooms, Town Hall, Maidenhead, SL6 1RF

Please contact Nighat Ellahi to check the group is on.

Telephone: 07736 885 174 or email: [email protected]

Datchet Carers Support Group

Time: 10.30am – 12 noon

Dates: 3rd Wednesday of every month

Where: Day Centre, Horton Road (beside Datchet Hall), Allen Way, Datchet, SL3 9HR

Maidenhead Carers Support Group

Time: 1pm – 3pm

Dates: 3rd Wednesday of every month

Where: Highview, 6 North Road, Maidenhead, SL6 1PL

RENDEZVOUS at Elizabeth House

Time: 3pm – 5pm

Dates: Every Thursday

Where: Elizabeth House, Station Road, Cookham, Maidenhead, SL6 9BS

A meeting place for people with dementia and their carers. Run by The Alzheimer’s Society.

Phone Catie Sharples for more information – 07709 524 384

Windsor Carers Support Group

Time: 10.30am – 12.30pm

Dates: 2nd Monday of every month

Where: Dedworth Green Baptist Church Hall, Smiths Lane, Windsor, SL4 5PE

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Let’s talk about…….

Many people get embarrassed talking about bladder and bowel

function but there are lots of organisations and services out there

that can help and give you information.

Bladder and Bowel Foundation

www.bladderandbowelfoundation.org

0845 345 0165

They also provide “Just can’t wait” cards - a card that helps

you to gain access to toilet facilities in all sorts of locations.

You can apply online (their website) or ask for one through

their helpline.

RADAR Keys

The National Key Scheme (NKS) offers disabled people independent

access to locked public toilets around the country.

The keys are available (for a small cost) from Disability Rights UK. You

can visit their website:

https://crm.disabilityrightsuk.org/radar-nks-key

or call 020 7250 8191 between 10am-1.30pm and 2.30pm-4pm

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Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Continence Advice Service.

Available for anyone with a bladder or bowel problem. You can be referred by

any healthcare professional, relative or friend or can self-refer by telephoning

0118 9495146

Clinical waste

Clinical waste is:

human tissue

blood or bodily fluids

drugs or other pharmaceutical products

swabs or dressings

syringes, needles or other sharp instruments

These items could be harmful.

If nurses and other healthcare professionals treat you at home they should take away the waste.

If you treat yourself or the person you care for at home you may need to arrange a special collection with the council.

www3.rbwm.gov.uk/info/200175/recycling_and_waste/46/clinical_collections

Incontinence pads and disposable nappies are not regarded as clinical waste.

Colostomy Association 24 hour helpline 0800 328 4257

East Berkshire Ostomy Club

A friendly social group that meets weekly to support people living with a stoma

Mondays: 2pm-4pm, Martin’s Heron Community Centre, Whitton Road,

Bracknell, RG12 9TZ. Contact Jackie Dudley on 01344 426652

CHANGES IN BLADDER OR BOWEL HABITS OR NEW

SYMPTOMS SHOULD ALWAYS BE DISCUSSED WITH A

HEALTH PROFESSIONAL AT YOUR SURGERY

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Patient Panel

Windsor, Ascot and Maidenhead Clinical

Commissioning Group and the Clinical

Commissioning Groups from Slough and

Bracknell have set up a Patient Panel.

They want all sorts of people to be a part of the

Patient Panel.

The Patient Panel will help them make plans

about health services and how they

communicate with patients.

For more information visit:

www.windsorascotmaidenheadccg.nhs.uk/getting-involved/patient-panel/

Friends in Need

The Depression Alliance runs Friends in Need so

people with depression and their carers can talk

online and meet up with groups in their local

area. Contact Tina James, Friends in Need

Coordinator in Windsor, Ascot and Maidenhead

on 07964 376 951 or email

[email protected]

News

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Keep Safe, Stay Well

This is a FREE service to help people keep safe and stay well.

.

It tries to stop people from having falls.

SIGNAL can refer you to the service or you can self-refer by:

Calling 0333 1210205 (this will be charged at local rate)

Emailing: [email protected]

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Useful contacts

Access to Services, Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead – 01628 683744

Emergency Out of Hours – 01344 786543

NHS Out of Hours call 111

SIGNAL Contacts

01628 947974

[email protected]

www.signal4carers.org.uk

The Space, 20/21 Market Street, Bracknell,

Berkshire, RG12 1JG

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