Will I Get Help? Overview
We have limited money to spend and cannot meet all requests for help. In order to be fair to everyone, help is given based on how urgent and important your needs are.
The government has said that we must decide whether the needs are:
- critical – without help you would be at high risk, and your life in danger
- substantial – without help you would lose your ability to stay independently at home
- moderate – without help you would become more dependent on other people
- low – help would improve the quality of your life but without it you are not at risk.
In the Bradford district we have agreed that we can meet needs which are critical, substantial or moderate, but not those which are low. This means that in some cases we may not be able to provide all the help you feel you need.
We will involve you and anyone who cares for you in the assessment, and we will discuss any difficulties with you. We want to reach agreement with you about what you need.
What sort of help will I get?
The kind of help we can arrange includes:
- home care (where someone comes to the house to help you)
- day care (care away from home during the day) in a day or resource centre
- support for carers (such as our sitting service)
- providing equipment or minor adaptations to the home
- help in getting a job or in doing an educational course
- short breaks where you spend a short time in a care home
- help to move to more suitable accommodation, possibly with support available on site
- longer-term placement in a residential or nursing care home
We can arrange the help mentioned above ‘or’ you could have a direct payment from us and arrange the help yourself.
