Work and learning

Courses for autumn and winter 2008

• Courses for autum 2008(pdf, 58KB)
• Courses for winter 2007(pdf, 72KB)

These courses are very popular, so please book early to avoid disappointment! Call the Richmond Carers Centre on 020 8867 2380 to book a place.

About the courses

The Richmond Carers Centre has organised a series of free information workshops for carers. These run from May 2007 to March 2008.

The courses are on a variety of topics, including:

• Direct payments
• Benefits advice
• Carers assessments
• Dealing with violence and agression
• Manual handling and lifting people
• Deaf awareness
• Promoting independence for your adult son/daughter with a learning disability
• Understanding depression
• The role of your GP
• How to complain to social services or to the Health Service
• Infection control
• What next after school? For parents/carers of people with learning disabilities
• Carers rights
• Basic awareness: stroke, diabetes, Parkinson's, heart failure, epilepsy
• Managing medication
• Understanding dementia

More information about the carers courses

Please contact the carers support line at the Richmond Carers Centre on 020 8867 2380 for dates and more information.