Care/Residential homes are a valuable link between hidden carers and the help and support that they may need. People think that when their loved one is admitted to a residential home and their caring role is reduced that they are no longer classed as a carer or they may not have realised they are a carer in the first place.

These hidden carers often fall through the gaps and are left to struggle with transport problems and caring tasks, which they could easliy get help and support with if they register with their GP's and get a referral to Carers Support.