{"id":322,"date":"2025-05-21T09:57:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T08:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/neuropsychology\/family-and-carers\/"},"modified":"2025-05-21T09:59:00","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T08:59:00","slug":"family-and-carers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/neuropsychology\/family-and-carers\/","title":{"rendered":"Family and Carers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"360\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 640 \/ 360;\" width=\"640\" controls poster=\"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/neuropsychology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2022\/09\/FamilySupport.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/neuropsychology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2022\/09\/FAMILY-SUPPORT.mp4\"><\/video><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Family Support Video<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Caring for someone with a neurological condition can be challenging. Listed below are some charities and organisations who offer help, advice and support to carers:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vocal.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Vocal<\/a>&nbsp;supports&nbsp;unpaid carers across Edinburgh and Midlothian, providing information, training support and service access.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.care4carers.org.uk\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Care for carers<\/a>&nbsp;is another service that provides support, through group meetings, learning opportunities and stress management services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<strong>Patient Advice and Support Service<\/strong>&nbsp;(PASS) in the Edinburgh Citizens advice bureau can give free accessible and confidential information, advice and support to patients, carers ad families about NHS healthcare. They also provide links to those living outside of the Edinburgh area. To find out more about the&nbsp;advice offered, visit their website:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizensadviceedinburgh.org.uk\/get-advice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Patient advice and support service<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizensadvice.org.uk\/scotland\/family\/help-for-adults-in-the-community-s\/carers-help-and-support\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Carer information and resources<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.headway.org.uk\/about-brain-injury\/individuals\/caring\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Headway Carers<\/a>&nbsp;has lots of useful information for carers and family<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are outside of the Edinburgh area, these links below cover more areas of Lothian and Scotland:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/carers-westlothian.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">West Lothian<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/supportingcarers\/carers-of-east-lothian\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">East Lothian<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.careinfoscotland.scot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Carers Information Scotland<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/bereavementservice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bereavement Service<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Caring for someone with a neurological condition can be challenging. Listed below are some charities and organisations who offer help, advice and support to carers: Vocal&nbsp;supports&nbsp;unpaid carers across Edinburgh and Midlothian, providing information, training support and service access. Care for carers&nbsp;is another service that provides support, through group meetings, learning opportunities and stress management services.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/widewidth.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"class_list":["post-322","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"rttpg_featured_image_url":null,"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"NHS Lothian","author_link":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/neuropsychology\/author\/nhs-lothian\/"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":false,"rttpg_excerpt":"Caring for someone with a neurological condition can be challenging. Listed below are some charities and organisations who offer help, advice and support to carers: Vocal&nbsp;supports&nbsp;unpaid carers across Edinburgh and Midlothian, providing information, training support and service access. 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