What is Adult Social Care? (1)
Adult Social Care explained
Care and support is the term used to describe the help some adults
need to live as well as possible with any illness or disability they
may have.
If you think you have any care and support needs, you are entitled to a
needs assessment.
Click here to learn more about a needs assessment.
A needs assessment is an opportunity for you to tell us about your
situation and discuss your care needs. This helps us to understand
things from your point of view.
Support for Carers
There are many support services available for carer's, click here to find out more.If you are a carer and you need some support, you are entitled to have a carer’s assessment.
Go to our Adult carer's page by clicking here.
Community Navigators
If you are over 55 years old or are an adult carer (aged 18 years or older and caring for an adult), our community navigators can provide information, support, and help with community, health, and social care options.
Community navigators can help with:
- identifying and planning the support you need
- information about support in your local community
- managing your money and your benefits.
- supporting you to live safely in your own home
- maintaining and adapting your home to your needs
- filling in forms
- going through an assessment process
- connecting you with other carers
- connecting you to social activity groups including learning and developing new skills and interests.
Adaptations and equipment to help you around the house
Many people find that with the help of adaptations to their property, or
provision of specialist equipment they are able to live independently in
their own home for longer.
Sometimes it may be possible to provide you with a small piece of
equipment after discussing your needs on the telephone. This could be a
grab rail or a raised toilet seat.
If these small changes do not meet your need’s then it may be better to
arrange an appointment at a clinic or at your home where we can assess
your needs more fully.