{"id":7568,"date":"2017-07-05T11:40:22","date_gmt":"2017-07-05T10:40:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/care-and-health\/?post_type=carers&#038;p=7568"},"modified":"2026-01-06T16:23:05","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T16:23:05","slug":"am-i-a-carer","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/adult-social-care\/carers-support\/am-i-a-carer\/","title":{"rendered":"Am I a carer?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Do you look after someone (not in a paid role or a formal volunteer)?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And are you an adult?<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you answer <strong>yes <\/strong>to these questions, you may be a carer and there may be support available to you through Devon Carers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Call Devon Carers on <strong>03456 434 435<\/strong> or visit the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/devoncarers.org.uk\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Devon Carers<\/a>&nbsp;website to find out about the universal free services you can access, including the carers\u2019 newsletter, the Alert Card, local support groups and a Carers assessment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The assessment will look at your needs as a carer and, if you are eligible for support, we will work with you to create a support plan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dcfp.org.uk\/health-and-wellbeing\/young-carers\/\" rel=\"noopener\">young carer<\/a> there is support available to you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/education-and-families\/send-local-offer\/support-for-parents\/parent-carers-needs-assessment\/\">parent carer<\/a> there is support available to you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Support for carers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This short video, produced and designed by Looking Local in collaboration with Walsall Council, introduces the wellbeing of carers and the support available to them. It explains what a carer\u2019s assessment is, where carers can find advice and support, and how this free service can help explore what support may be available.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"content-iframe clearfix\" id=\"block_acf-block-695d36e6962c7\"><div style=\"position:relative; width:1px; min-width:100%;padding-bottom:56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/lookinglocal.cdn.spotlightr.com\/watch\/MTcwMzkyNw==\" width=\"100%\" style=\"width:1px; min-width:100%; height: 100%; position:absolute;\" title=\"Your care options\"  frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" name=\"videoPlayer\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay\" class='spotlightr' allowtransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you look after someone (not in a paid role or a formal volunteer)? And are you an adult? If you answer yes to these questions, you may be a carer and there may be support available to you through Devon Carers. Call Devon Carers on 03456 434 435 or visit the&nbsp;Devon Carers&nbsp;website to find [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":748,"featured_media":0,"parent":27056,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-7568","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-17 19:55:05","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/adult-social-care\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7568","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/adult-social-care\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/adult-social-care\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/adult-social-care\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/748"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/adult-social-care\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7568"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/adult-social-care\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7568\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47800,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/adult-social-care\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7568\/revisions\/47800"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/adult-social-care\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27056"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/adult-social-care\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}