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Online self-help tool
Bridgit is an online platform you can access 24/7. It is an interactive tool that provides advice, guidance, and information to help you in your caring role. It can also connect you to key services to support and inform you about local events taking place in your community.
We work in partnership with Bridgit Care who provide services to enhance wellbeing and enable carers to support themselves.
This tool brings everything together in one place and provides ongoing support specific to your situation. You can build your own self-help plan online by selecting topics relevant to you.
Check your eligibility and start your own carer's assessment
Bridgit also gives you access to the first part of a carer's assessment. Answering some questions, in your own time, then submitting this online will start the process. This is then followed up and completed with you by an Adult Social Care Practitioner from Dorset Council, in person or over the phone.
We would recommend working through the self-help tools before starting an assessment.
Carer Support Dorset
Also see Carer Support Dorset, another of our partners, who can connect you with all the services Dorset Council have to offer.