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Adult social care assessment

In this section

  1. What is a social care assessment?
  2. You are here: What is a carer's assessment?
  3. How we assess your needs and eligibility
  4. If you qualify for support
  5. If you don't qualify for support
  6. If you're not happy with the outcome of your assessment
  7. Make a social care or carer's assessment enquiry

What is a carer's assessment?

If you care for an adult, no matter your age, you are entitled to have a carer's assessment.

You can either request your own assessment, or be assessed at the same time as the person you care for. You must both agree to this.

We can help carers in their caring role by:

  • providing information and advice
  • providing access to community resources
  • providing equipment and assistive technology
  • supporting with housing and finance.

The carers assessment may also help you to access respite care services.

For more information on providing support for the person you care for if you are unable to do so in an emergency, visit: Carers Emergency Scheme

For more information about support for carers, visit: Support for carers

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