Digital Resources for Carers (DRfC)​

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Carers in Sheffield have access to the Digital Resource for Carers, provided by Carers UK and Sheffield Council.

This FREE online resource offers comprehensive information to support carers in their caring role.  There are a number of sections including short e-learning sessions and links to more detailed information and resources.

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The main sections are:

Jointly App: This is available to download as a mobile app from Apple or Google Play stores. You can use jointly on your own to help organise the care you provide. Or you can invite as many people as you want to share the app and keep track of the care everyone is providing. Visit the website for full details: jointlyapp.com >>>

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Health & Wellbeing: It's important for carers to look after their own wellbeing; so there is a section that covers resilience, coping strategies, wellbeing and mood, nutrition and taking a break.

 

Support for Caring: This includes a guide to self-advocacy, including sections on body language and tone, assertiveness, influencing and negotiating.

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Financial planning: This includes thinking ahead: the cost of care and support, financial support (including with benefits, health costs, debt etc.) and managing someone’s affairs.

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Technology and Caring:  This includes information on how technology can support caring, what solutions are available and how to access relevant products and services.

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Working and skills: Three in five of us will become carers at some stage in our lives, and there are currently over three million working carers in the UK.

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Click here to visit the Digital Resource website >>>

If you are using it for the first time, you will need to create new account. Type in your email address and a personal password which you need to remember, and the free access code DGTL9764 You only need to use this code once registering for a free account and you should see a webpage with this header:

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