Adults who need Care and support often need a mixture of practical, financial and emotional support to help them to manage their lives and be independent. These adults can include older people, people with a disability or long-term illness, people with mental health problems, and carers. When people need care and support their needs are assessed to see what services they may require, and where eligible, to assess the allocation of funds required to enable them to obtain care and support.
This could include care home, home care, personal assistants, day services, or the provision of aids and adaptations. A national organisation, Think Local Act Personal launched a Jargon Buster in to help people understand the words and phrases used in health and social care. The WSAB also recognise that people who provide care for their loved one can at times need support. We work closely with Worcestershire Association of Carers WAC who provide a range of services and information for carers.
For more information go to Worcestershire Association for Carers website. WAC Carers rights briefing This provides links to information on safeguarding alongside other useful information. If the person you care for has been in the armed services there are organisations, at a local and national level, that can provide additional support.
Further information can be found by following the links below:. Homepage β Worcestershire β britishlegion. Worcestershire County Council provide the following page which gives advice and guidance on looking at supported care options in Worcestershire. The following page provide advice for young people between 16 and 25, and those who care for them. Alongside links to a toolkit and information page, it identifies learning from Safeguarding Adults Reviews on the application of the Mental Capacity Act legal framework, which should be applied when a person becomes 18 and has a link to some local podcast which have been developed to provide further information on this.
The Care Act introduced national eligibility criteria to safeguard adults with care and support needs. Adult Safeguarding duties apply to adults who are 18 years old and above and has three areas of criteria:. For more information on the types of abuse and neglect follow this link who needs safeguarding. If you are not sure whether the situation is a safeguarding concern or a quality issue the WSAB have designed the following leaflet, in collaboration with our Carers Reference Group, to help you consider who to raise you concern with.
