Hello
A few weeks ago, there was an item on 'Politics Show' whereby people on the IOW, were being given around £300.00 a week, care money for carers helps, or any other services they needed.
So I contacted my local Social Services to find out more:
The following is their response, I hope it helps some people:
Each individual needs to contact their own Social Services, they will need to confirm their address and other personal details; date of birth , General Practitioner, NOK etc.
They can request an assessment of need under the NHS and Community Care Act 1990. Resulting from this assessment if you have eligible needs as described in the Department of Health Circular "Fairer Access to Care Services" which can be found on the DOH web site. Your borough council will only provide "services, including direct payments or a personal budget" to meet "Critical Needs" under "Fairer Access to Care Services". I must mention that all services provided by Community Care are subject to a financial assessment and a contribution based upon income and savings, investments etc will be part of the overall assessment process.
Miriam
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