Home careHome care and support is one of a range of services providing care in the community to assist you, your relatives and carers. Assessment. If you are at home, staff from Social Care Direct will be able to help you assess your needs and can provide further information about the Home Care Service. If you are about to leave hospital your discharge plan will include this assessment. Your assessor will arrange for a home care service to assist you at home. More on Assessment. Who provides the service? either staff from the Council's Home Care Service (-usually home helps or social care workers) or Carers purchased on your behalf from a private or voluntary agency.
In addition, the Home Care Re-ablement Service can support you for up to 6 weeks to regain daily living skills and independence e.g after a stay in hospital. Related services can also be provided, which your assessor will discuss these with you, including More information on services is available from Social Care Direct. Also you can download Leaflets and Publications. The charge for the Home Care Service is based on people's income. If you wish, you can choose to pay for any service, in which case you will not be asked for information about your finances. Support for people at home is also provided by the private and voluntary sector, details of which can also be found in Yellow Pages. If you want to restart, increase/decrease or get information on your current home care and support provision, please contact Home Care Direct |
