If you’re new to the business of finding a care provider – whether it’s residential care for an elderly person or finding extra help so a family member can stay living in their own home – here are a few pointers:
Here is a guide to the various different types of care provision provided by our members, with the icons used in our member search section.
Care provision for children and young people in either a domicillary or residential setting.
Care provision for dementa sufferers in either a domicillary or residential setting.
Care to enable someone to live with help in their own home.
Contact your local council’s Social Services department for an assessment of needs – from cleaning and help with washing or dressing to medical help. Note: Getting an assessment is a useful step whatever the type of care you’re looking for. It will pinpoint specific needs and services which can help you identify a care provider.
Training companies who provide training for providers withing the health and social care.
Accommodation with care support for people who prefer to live independently
Care provision for the terminally ill.
Care provision for people with learning disabilities
Care provision for people with mental health problems.
Nursing care provision for people with nursing requirements.
Care provision for people with physical disabilities.
Managed care facilities staffed either by qualified care workers or social workers
Contact your council’s Social Services for a needs assessment and to find out if a person is entitled to state help in paying for their care. It will be able to provide a list of council-funded care homes – or find a list of private residential care providers using our search tool here.
Most people will be expected to pay towards the costs of their accommodation and personal care in a care home from their income and capital if they have more than £22,000 in the bank (*April 2008 figure for residents in Wale; source Age Concern Cymru, fact sheet 10).
It’s a complex area and some sources of assistance are not means tested – and can sometimes meet the full cost of a care home (for example if needs are health-based).
Take advice from Help the Aged and Age Concern Cymru, and make sure your needs have been properly assessed by Social Services.
01443 848450
Welsh Assembly Government department which regulates and inspects care homes (and services for children) and agencies across Wales. It also inspects Social Services departments in Wales’ 22 local authorities.
Find the latest inspection report for you chosen care home or care service via its website.
www.helptheaged.org.uk
www.accymru.org.uk
029 2043 1555
Age Concern Cymru specific help lines:
First Stop Line (advice on housing and care) 0800 377 7070
Age Concern Information Line (general enquiries) 0800 00 99 66
Since April 2009, these two organisations have been working together as a single charity to help older people in Wales.
Both websites offer a number of very useful fact sheets on topics including paying for your care home, care at home and sheltered housing.
Contact your local council and ask to be put through to the Social Services department
Your first port of call when a family member needs help. It can advise on whether a person will receive state help in funding care, having first carried out an assessment of their needs. Get a written copy of the assessment for future reference.
www.careforumwales.org
Tel: 01978 755400
We work to promote standards in the private care sector and can provide a list of private care providers
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