East Lothian Carers Strategy 2022-25

Overview

The draft East Lothian Carers Strategy 2023 describes our intention for development of support services for carers across East Lothian.  It sets out the way in which services will be developed over the lifetime of the strategy and how we intend to deliver the outcomes that carers say are important to them.  We recognise that without the continued support of carers we cannot deliver our key priorities of:

• delivering more care closer to home
• developing stronger, more resilient, supportive and inclusive communities with a focus on prevention
• supporting people to live healthier, more active and independent lives.

The strategy focuses on seven outcomes that have been developed in consultation with carers:

• Carers are identified and can access support.
• Carers are well informed and have access to tailored and age appropriate information and advice throughout their caring journey
• Carers are supported to maintain their own physical, emotional and mental wellbeing
• Breaks from caring are timely and regularly available
• Carers can achieve a balance between caring and other aspects of their lives and are supported to have a life outside their caring role
• Carers and Young Carers are respected by professionals as partners in care and are appropriately included in the planning and delivery of both the care and support for the people they care for and services locally
• Local Communities are supported to be carer friendly

Why your views matter

We would like you to read the draft strategy, which you will find at the link below, and let us know if you think you agree with the aims we have set out, what you think is most important for carers and hear about anything you think we may have missed.

Your input is really important and will help to shape the final strategy.

What happens next

We will take the feedback that you give us and use it to inform the development of the East Lothian Carers Strategy. You will be able to see how your views have influenced the strategy in a feedback report.