Hi everyone, Thank you for reporting this, and thank you to the wonderful moderating team for taking action! We do have some ways of preventing spam in the forum, but we can never 100% stop it - especially as the spammers and scammers are often a step ahead! The most important thing is that if you r...

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This is such a great thread, I've copied it and posted it here so people can find it more easily. Click here to go to the full thread and join in the discussion! http://www.carersuk.org/forum/support-a ... mood-12505

Hi Jenny, Thanks for your question. To make sure we give the most accurate advice, it’s really important that people contact the Carers UK Adviceline so they can talk about their specific situation and circumstances in detail, confidentially. They can call on 0808 808 7777 (Mon-Fri, 10am-4pm) or ema...

I went to killing worth last week and met Barbrabut there only three people there . I need help with my husband who is 88and very hard to control .he ha memory shouts and gets me in a corner and goes red in the face I am sure he will hit some day. He has dementia but no one belives me memory clinic...

Thanks Suze, for some reason the normal picture uploader and inline facility wasn't working, so, being resourceful,I changed to linking to the uploaded pic: I can see them fine, can anyone else? Looks like the tech peeps need to do some testing as to why the inline facility is u/s. Just tried this ...

Thank you for your comments everyone - it's great to hear that so many of you have got the expert advice and help you need from the Carers UK Adviceline. The team get a huge volume of calls and emails from carers across the UK, so it can take up to five working days for them to fully reply to each e...

I've just come home, read some forum messages without any problem, but then immediately afterwards couldn't log in again. A blue log in screen appeared, first it said my name was wrong, then I had to click on the forgotten password link to get a new password. Tried to use it and it said I was alrea...

Haha, very good Scally! As you know we've decided that debates around the referendum were causing division and anxiety on the forum, and distracting us from why we're all here - to support one another through the ups and downs of caring. There are many places where you can debate this issue if you w...

To save confusion I'm wondering whether the subtitle at the top of the website should read: making life better for unpaid carers? Hi Emma, Thanks for your comments. We agree with you and recognise that there is confusion between carer and care worker. And thank you for your feedback that the curren...

Hi everyone, As we've said before, anything that causes division, resentment and tension in the forum - whether it's the EU referendum, or the way we eat our boiled eggs – isn't contributing to the forum being a supportive, welcoming place for carers to talk about everything that comes with caring. ...