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Saga Respite for Carers Trust

Saga Respite for Carers Trust aims to give carers a break, by providing free holidays for carers and a companion.

After an exceptional response to the inaugural year of the Trust, nominations for our second year opened again at the beginning of January 2009. Click here to nominate yourself or another carer.

Recharge your batteries

• Get away - and come back a better carer, writes our care blogger Marianne Talbot

• Don't forget to look after yourself too - you'll both benefit

Keeping Mum - carer's diary

• Jan 5: joined-up thinking?

• Dec 24: mum's on song
• Dec 17: on top of Christmas
• Dec 10: memory lane
• Dec 3: missing the 'real' mum

The cost of care

• Long-term care: Q&A with Saga's expert

• Paul Lewis: cash for carers
• How to get a carer's allowance
• The Government's care review
• Saga care funding advice

Find out more

Saga Respite for Carers Trust is all about rewarding people who care selflessly for their loved ones by giving them a well-earned holiday, while ensuring continuity of care. More

More on caring

• Chat to other carers on Saga Zone's caring forum

• Caring for a loved one with dementia
• The nursing home survival guide
• Caring for the elderly: all-party report
• Questions for care homes
• Crucial contacts for carers

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