Disability and Autism

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Dementia

Direct Payments

Disability and Autism

Drugs / alcohol misuse

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Getting out & about

• Blue Badge scheme

How to get help

Independent Professional Advocacy

Mental Health

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Residential & nursing care

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Short Breaks

Sight / hearing loss

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Support at home

Support for carers

Supported Housing

The Skills Hub

Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS)

Draft Charging Policy for Social Care Services 2024

• Service charges
• Residential placements
• Short term/Respite stays at a care home
• Direct payments
• Financial assessment
• Benefits advice
• Minimum Income Amount (MIA)
• Night-time services (Non-residential)
• Treatment of income
• Treatment of capital
• Treatment of property
• People who lack capacity
• Managing property and finances
• Advocacy
• Deferred payments
• Invoicing for charges
• Non-payment of charges and debt
• Deprivation of Assets
• Additional costs (AC) for permanent / temporary admissions to a care home
• Additional costs (AC) for respite/short-term admissions to a care home
• Application of the rules to individual cases
• Reviews and methods of appeal
• Appendix 1 - Variations/adjustments to charges for financially assessed services
• Appendix 2 - Operational rules for commencement and termination of packages of care and support