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Taking a break
Going away without the person you care for - home care servicesFor a few days
For a day
For a few hours
- Sitting Service
- Day Care
- Short break
- Holiday/day out
- Homecare
What is this section?
This section gives information about how to get a much needed break. In this section you will find information about how to have a break on your own for various lengths of time and also how to have a holiday with the person you care for. Please select the option that you would like to find out about from the list above.
You can get more information from:
Short break services in West Sussex Check the ICIS carers Local Search for these servicesNational information on respite/day care/holidays and other aspects of taking a break from Carers UK
www.guildcare.org - Information on a range of help from Guild Care; includes short breaks, furniture and transport schemes.
www.crossroads.org.uk - Crossroads services provide trained carers support workers to come into your home and take over the responsibility for the person with care needs, to enable you to have a break. In West Sussex, there are three Crossroads schemes covering the county. Each of the Crossroads services also provides additional respite care through social day care clubs and groups for the person with care needs to attend:
Mid Downs Crossroads covering Crawley, Mid Sussex and Horsham
Tel: 01403 249090
Email: middowns.crossroads@virgin.net
Worthing Crossroads covering Adur, Worthing, East Arun and north to Henfield
Tel: 01903 216678
Email: worthingcrossroads@hotmail.com
Crossroads - Regnum, covering Chichester, Midhurst, Petworth and West Arun
Tel: 01243 830797
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You can use this facility to search the Carers Online database for organisations in West Sussex that may be able to help you.
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