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Social care for adults
Find out about social care for adults and what options are available.
Find out about help with daily living, care at home, reablement, assistive technology, occupational therapy, community and day centres, home adaptations and housing related support services.
Direct payments are a way for you to have control over your care and support personal budget. They give you greater choice and flexibility over the care and support you need to help you live independently at home.
An alternative care option set in a home environment for those people who have been discharged from hospital but are not able to return home immediately, or who need short-term respite care.
Deprivation of liberty safeguards are put in place to protect a person’s human rights. They make sure that professionals follow a process, set out in law, to make sure that any restrictions on your liberty are in your best interests.
The Mental Capacity Act helps people over the age of 16, in England and Wales, who may not be able to make certain decisions at some point in their life.