{"id":1331,"date":"2022-01-12T09:55:09","date_gmt":"2022-01-12T09:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digitalfirstgp.com\/base-gp-practice\/blog\/Resources\/adult-social-care\/"},"modified":"2022-02-18T10:26:54","modified_gmt":"2022-02-18T10:26:54","slug":"adult-social-care","status":"publish","type":"resources","link":"https:\/\/digitalfirstgp.com\/base-gp-practice\/Resources\/adult-social-care\/","title":{"rendered":"Adult Social Care"},"content":{"rendered":"

Adult Social Care and NHS Continuing Health Care<\/span><\/h1>\n

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From the NHS<\/span><\/h2>\n

As the result of illness, an accident or a disability, you might need ongoing support at home from health and care professionals.<\/span><\/p>\n

This is called Continuing Health Care and can be funded by the NHS if the person is over 18 and they have a significant clinical need.<\/span><\/p>\n

Typically the first stage will be for a health or care professional to run through a checklist to see if some basic eligibility criteria have been met.<\/span><\/p>\n

This will cover aspects of physical health, like breathing, mobility and continence as well as mental and emotional conditions by looking at their cognition, behaviour and ability to communicate.<\/span><\/p>\n

A Doctor or Nurse at the practice, or another health or social care worker can complete this checklist.<\/span><\/p>\n

If a clinical need is identified, then a full assessment will follow to work out exactly what level of support is needed. This will be carried out by two or more members of a multidisciplinary team – specialists from different areas, a social worker and a nurse, for example.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

You will be able to play a role in the assessment, along with anyone else involved in your care such as friends or family.<\/span><\/p>\n

Once a support package has been created and put in place, it will be regularly reviewed and amended if your clinical needs change.<\/span><\/p>\n

You can read more about <\/span>how NHS Continuing Health Care works in Newcastle and Gateshead<\/span><\/a> on the Clinical Commissioning Groups website.<\/span><\/p>\n

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From the Council<\/span><\/h2>\n

If you are not eligible for NHS-funded continuing care, then support may be available from the Council.<\/span><\/p>\n

A social worker will carry out a needs assessment to look at what support you need to live independently in your home.<\/span><\/p>\n

As with continuing health care, a personalised plan will be put together with recommendations of support that is available to you.<\/span><\/p>\n

Rather than this being fully funded by the NHS, the council will work with you, and any carers or family members, to create a financial package called a Personal Budget. This contains a sum of money that the council is able to contribute towards meeting your care needs.<\/span><\/p>\n

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From Charities and other organisations<\/span><\/h2>\n

If you are not eligible for support directly from either the NHS or the council, then there are charities and other organisations that may be able to help.<\/span><\/p>\n

Disability North<\/span><\/a> can offer advice and guidance on aids, equipment and how to pay for care, as well as supporting you and your carers.<\/span><\/p>\n

Age UK and other organisations have developed a <\/span>factsheet on how to pay for long term care<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Introduction to continuing health care, who is eligible, what it involves and how to access it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2517,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"resourcetype":[335],"resourcecategory":[336],"class_list":["post-1331","resources","type-resources","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","resourcetype-support","resourcecategory-caring-for-others"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-11 12:25:06","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"resourcetype","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitalfirstgp.com\/base-gp-practice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/resources\/1331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitalfirstgp.com\/base-gp-practice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/resources"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitalfirstgp.com\/base-gp-practice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/resources"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digitalfirstgp.com\/base-gp-practice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digitalfirstgp.com\/base-gp-practice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1331"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/digitalfirstgp.com\/base-gp-practice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/resources\/1331\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2516,"href":"https:\/\/digitalfirstgp.com\/base-gp-practice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/resources\/1331\/revisions\/2516"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digitalfirstgp.com\/base-gp-practice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitalfirstgp.com\/base-gp-practice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"resourcetype","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digitalfirstgp.com\/base-gp-practice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/resourcetype?post=1331"},{"taxonomy":"resourcecategory","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digitalfirstgp.com\/base-gp-practice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/resourcecategory?post=1331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}