Relatives and friends of care home residents

Organisations that offer help and support for friends and relatives

  • Carers Leeds gives tailored support, advice and information to unpaid carers
  • Healthwatch Leeds provides an information and advice service to help people understand and access health and care services in the Leeds area
  • Care Rights UK support and inform residents, families and friends to find out all they need to know about care and to help them if things go wrong
  • Age UK Leeds runs a local information and advice service that can give you advice on things affecting older people
  • Anne Robson Trust a new helpline for people at end of life (last months, weeks or days) or their families or friends
  • Mindwell Leeds lots of useful information for people living in Leeds about where you can get support (including for bereavement and loss) as well as things you can do to support yourself

Raising a concern

How to raise a concern with a care home and where to go to raise things further