This event is open to carers residing in or caring for a person in Edinburgh only.

Duration: 2 Sessions, 29 July – 5 August

About the event:

Information and advice on how long-term care, such as residential care, day care or care at home, is arranged and paid for.

Week 1- Selecting a service

There is a wide range of care homes and day centres offering different services locally. This session helps carers to think about what to consider when choosing a service, and how they will gather information.

Week 2- Paying for Care

This session provides information about how a care is funded and includes information about free personal and nursing care payments.

Delivered by
Aga Newsome, Carer Training Officer at VOCAL. Aga has recently joined the team at VOCAL, and comes with over 4 years’ experience of delivering training in the care sector. She runs a number of face to face and online courses for carers.

Instructions for joining the event

This event will be delivered ONLINE. Details of how to join the event will be sent you via email once you have registered. Please note, if you do not get an email with Zoom details for the event you have registered for please contact VOCAL on the details below.

There is a limit on the number of spaces for this event. You will be notified if you need to go on the waiting list for this event. Please note that some events require a minimum number for them to run or may be cancelled near the time of the event, we will contact you if this is the case.