Your Everyday Life

Your everyday life

1. Self assessment
2. Adult care assessments
3. Assessing eligible needs
4. Ability to meet need
5. People with complex health and social care needs
6. Help leaving hospital  

 

Self assessment

At some stage in life many people may feel that they need help and support with the tasks of daily living.

We recognise that each individual has their own particular circumstances and needs.

This section provides information on support services and organisations that can help give you more independence, choice and control, in order to help you manage your own life in your own home. 

Adult care assessments

If you are no longer able to carry out basic tasks such as getting yourself washed and dressed or getting to the toilet, Adult care can complete an assessment. If you are assessed as needing help, they will work with you to agree your goals and identify and possibly arrange services that will benefit you. If you think you need support contact us for more information on 01437 764551.

Assessing eligible needs

Finding out what eligible needs a person has starts with a conversation. During this conversation we will ask what matters to you. We will ask you about your circumstances; personal outcomes, barriers to achieving those outcomes, any risks to you or to other persons and your strengths and capabilities. We will also ask you about the support you already receive and we will talk about where you can access support that you need.

There is national eligibility criteria for care and support for adults, children and carers. Eligibility is made up of 4 criteria that must be met for the need to be eligible. There is a criteria table for adults, carers and children. There is an automatic right to eligibility for those at risk of abuse or neglect. 

• Eligibility is conferred on a need not a person and is not about a right to a service.
• It is applied to guarantee access to care and support for those who cannot achieve their personal outcomes without it.
• Some needs may be met through a care and support plan and some through the access to community services.
• Community services could include those provided by public, private and 3rd sector organisations, as well as community groups, family and friends.
• If the provision of care and support cannot help the person achieve their outcomes the question of eligibility does not arise. 
  
  

 

Adults and adult carers eligibility criteria

1st criteria

Their needs arise from the adult's physical or mental health, age, disability, dependence on drugs or other substances

2nd criteria

• Ability to carry out self-care or domestic routines
• Ability to communicate
• Protection from abuse or neglect
• Involvement in work, education, learning or in leisure activities
• Maintenance or development of family or other significant personal relationships and involvement in the community
• Fulfilment of caring responsibilities for a child

3rd criteria

As a result they are unable to meet that need, either alone or with support of willing others, or with assistance from the community

4th criteria

As a consequence they are unlikely to achieve one or more personal outcomes unless the local authority provides or arranges care and support.

Ability to meet need

A person is regarded as being unable to meet a need if doing so:

• Causes significant pain, anxiety or distress to that person;
• Endangers or is likely to endanger the health or safety of that person or another person;
• Takes that person significantly longer than would normally be expected


People with complex health and social care needs

People who have complex health and social care needs will have their needs assessed by health and social care professionals, as part of an integrated assessment. These assessments will consider both Social care and NHS eligibility.

 

Help leaving hospital

Health and Social Services colleagues work closely with voluntary sector organisations to make sure your return home from a stay in hospital is safe and comfortable. A plan for your discharge from hospital will be drawn up to make sure that you get the most appropriate support when you return home. This means that leaving hospital should not be delayed unnecessarily. 

 

Dewis Cymru (opens in a new tab) is the place to go if you want information or advice about your well-being – or want to know how you can help somebody else.