Supporting people who care for family and friends
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My name is Karen. I support my husband Dave, who has terminal cancer. He was diagnosed with multiple myeloma in 2020. He also has neuropathy and COPD. When this all happened, it was during COVID. He couldn’t drive. I had to drive him everywhere, there were lots of treatments and he became quite unwell, so … Read more
Happy New Year from the Carers of East Lothian team. We hope you have been able to get a break and some time for yourself over the festive period. 2026 brings new opportunities for us to provide a range of support for carers. Please reach out to us if you are a carer who needs … Read more
Welcome to the Winter edition of the Carers of East Lothian Newsletter. Our newsletter is for unpaid carers and is issued three times a year. We hope that the newsletter keeps you up to date with relevant and important information for unpaid carers as well as keeping you in the loop about what we are … Read more
Carers of East Lothian support people who care for family members or friends. The Carers of East Lothian Newsletter is sent three times a year. We hope that it keeps you up to date with relevant and important information and in the loop with what we are up to as an organisation. We are delighted … Read more
My name is John. I’m 76 years old and I care for my wife Jane who is 81. I’ve been caring for Jane for 22 years. I was on the lorries working as an HGV driver. I was going up and down the road and she fell in the back yard on a really wet … Read more
My name is Kathlyn. I am 81 years old and I care for my husband. He started off last year with rheumatoid arthritis and was in the Royal and he was transferred to the community hospital. When he came out, he couldn’t walk. A care package was set up, but it was really just the … Read more
Welcome to the second edition of the Carers of East Lothian Newsletter. Our newsletter is for unpaid carers and is issued three times a year. We hope that the newsletter keeps you up to date with relevant and important information for unpaid carers as well as keeping you in the loop about what we are … Read more
Carers Week 2024 is 10th – 16th June. The theme this year is Putting Carers on the Map. We have a wide variety of opportunities this year for carers to engage in different activities.