Benefits Advice

For information on funding for support, here are some useful guides:

NHS guide on getting a needs assessment

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/social-care-and-support-guide/help-from-social-services-and-charities/getting-a-needs-assessment/

NHS guide on the financial assessment/means test for social care

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/social-care-and-support-guide/help-from-social-services-and-charities/financial-assessment-means-test/

NHS guide to carer assessments

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/social-care-and-support-guide/support-and-benefits-for-carers/carer-assessments/

Age UK guides to care needs assessment and financial assessment

https://www.ageuk.org.uk/information-advice/care/arranging-care/care-needs-assessment/

And https://www.ageuk.org.uk/information-advice/care/paying-for-care/financial-assessment/

NHS Continuing Care Funding assessment

https://www.carehomeselection.co.uk/factsheets/nhs-continuing-care-funding-assessment/

Commentary on the difficulties of care assessments

https://www.communitycare.co.uk/2018/09/26/funding-panel-policies-testing-limits-care-act/

The Care Act: assessment and eligibility

https://www.scie.org.uk/care-act-2014/assessment-and-eligibility/

How the Care Act 2014 will shape assessment and support planning – a legal opinion

https://www.communitycare.co.uk/2014/02/27/care-act-2014-will-shape-assessment-support-planning-legal-opinion/

For more information on finance and benefits, please see entries on the Local Autism Directory.