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Glossary

Key word Definition from the Care and Support Statutory Guidance

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Definition from another source

12 week property disregard

A financial arrangement between a potential permanent resident of a care home and the council, its purpose is to prevent people from being forced to sell their home at a time of crises. It applies when someone first enters a care home (first 12 weeks of their permanent stay) or where they suddenly loose another property disregard, for example because a qualifying relative has been living in the property and they have died or moved into a care home themselves. Local authorities also have discretion to apply the disregard where there is a sudden change in circumstance.

Abuse Abuse and neglect can take many forms and includes: physical abuse; sexual abuse; psychological abuse; financial or material abuse; discriminatory abuse; institutional abuse; exploitation; and neglect or acts of omission.

Harm that is caused by anyone who has power over another person, which may include family members, friends, unpaid carers and health or social care workers.




Adequate security

Local authorities will need to ensure that adequate security is in place for the amount being deferred in a deferred payment arrangement and to be confident of the person‟s ability to pay back the amount deferred in the future

Adult Any person 18 years old or over

Adult social care

Care and support for adults who need extra help to manage their lives and be independent – including older people, people with a disability or long-term illness, people with mental health problems, and carers.

Advice Helping a person to identify choices and/or providing an opinion or recommendation regarding a course of action in relation to care and support.




Advocate An advocate is there to represent your interests, which they can do by supporting you to speak, or by speaking on your behalf. They do not speak for the local authority or any other organisation. If you wish to speak up for yourself to make your needs and wishes heard, this is known as self advocacy

Someone who can both listen to you and speak for you in times of need

The MIND Guide to Advocacy (revised edition 2010)

Advocacy Supporting a person to understand information, express their needs and wishes, secure their rights, represent their interests and obtain the care and support they need.

Appearance of needs

Where it appears to a local authority that an adult or carer may have needs for support, whether currently or in the future.

Developed by IPC

Appropriate individual

Someone who facilitates a person's involvement with the key care and support planning (or safeguarding) processes, if that person has substantial difficulty in being involved




Assessment The process of working out what your needs are. An assessment looks at how you are managing everyday activities such as looking after yourself, household tasks and getting out and about

Authorised person

Someone who agrees to manage a direct payment for a person who lacks capacity, and meets the specified conditions

Best interests The best interests principle underpins the Mental Capacity Act. It is set out in section 1(5) of the Act. „An act done, or decision made, under this Act for or on behalf of a person who lacks capacity must be done, or made, in his best interests.‟ The concept has been developed by the courts in cases relating to people who lack capacity to make specific decisions for themselves, mainly decisions concerned with the provision of medical treatment or social care.

Mental Capacity Act guidance, page 64 onwards




Broker Someone whose job it is to provide advice and information about what services are available in the local area, so that people can choose to purchase the care and support that best meets their needs. Brokerage can be provided by local councils, voluntary organisations or private companies.

Capital limits Determines the extent to which a person with eligible needs could be charged for care and support in relation to their savings and other forms of assets. See upper and lower capital limits. Between the upper and lower capital limits means tested support is available.

Care account From April 2016 everyone with assessed eligible needs will be entitled to a care account. This will keep track of what a person has accrued towards the cap on care costs.




Care and support

The mixture of practical, financial and emotional support for adults who need extra help to manage their lives and be independent – including older people, people with a disability or long-term illness, people with mental health problems, and carers. Care and support includes assessment of people‟s needs, provision of services and the allocation of funds to enable a person to purchase their own care and support. It could include residential care, home care, personal assistants, day services, or the provision of aids and adaptations

Care and support plan

Sets out how a person‟s eligible needs are going to be met and provides information and advice about care and support needs which are not eligible.

A written plan after you have had an assessment, setting out what your care and support needs are, how they will be met, and what services you will receive

Care cap A cap on the eligible care costs which a person pays over their lifetime. From April 2016 this will be set at £72,000 for those over retirement age. How a person progresses towards the cap will be based on what the cost of meeting their assessed eligible needs would be to the local authority




Care co-ordinator

A chosen person who has been given the responsibility to over-see and co-ordinate care and support arrangements for an individual or group of people

Developed by IPC

Care costs All costs charged to a person by a care provider, including any top-ups and core care costs. This includes where appropriate the costs associated with the provision of extra care

Care pathway A patients/ service user„s route from first contact with a service to the last contact

Developed by IPC

Care provider Care providers provide services to people who are in need of support due to illness, disability, old age. Local authorities are responsible for providing social care services for those who need them and are eligible for them, but the services are often delivered by providers from other sectors.

Developed by IPC




Care worker Somebody who provides support or who looks after a person who needs help because of their age, physical or mental illness, or disability. This would usually include someone paid or employed to carry out that role, or someone who is a volunteer.

A person who is paid to support an adult who is ill, struggling or disabled and could not manage without this help.

Carer Somebody who provides support or who looks after a family member, partner or friend who needs help because of their age, physical or mental illness, or disability. This would not usually include someone paid or employed to carry out that role, or someone who is a volunteer. However if the local authority thinks that it is appropriate to consider a person carrying out this role under employment or as a volunteer as a carer, it has the power to do so

A person who provides unpaid support to an adult, such as a partner, family member, friend or neighbour, who is ill, struggling or disabled and could not manage without this help.




Carer's assessment

A carer's assessment identifies: support needs and outcomes that the adult wishes to achieve in their day-to-day life, whether those needs are eligible for support from the local authority and how provision of support may assist the adult in achieving their desired outcomes. If a carer's needs or circumstances change, or a review of their care package results in a chance to the package, the assessment they undergo as a result must still meet all relevant statutory duties. It is technically not a 're-assessment', but can be adapted as necessary to be proportionate to the carer's changing needs or circumstances

Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs)

Groups of GP Practices that are responsible for commissioning most health and care services for patients. They are responsible for implementing the commissioning roles as set out in the Health and Social Care Act 2012

NHS Business Definitions, Health and Social Care

Information Centre

http://www.datadictionary.nhs.uk/data_dictionary/nhs_business_definitions/c/clinical_commissioning_group_de.asp






Child or young person

Anyone under the age of 18 years

Child or young person in transition

Anyone who is likely to have needs for adult care and support after turning 18

Choice of accommodation

Where a person is receiving local authority support and the care planning process has identified their needs are best met in a specific type of accommodation, this provision provides the person with a choice of where they live. It is not a choice between different types of support, for example a care home or shared lives, but between different providers of the same type

Commissioning Commissioning is the local authority‟s cyclical activity to assess the needs of its local population for care and support services, determining what element of this needs to be arranged by the authority, then designing, delivering, monitoring and evaluating those services to ensure appropriate outcomes

The cycle of assessing the needs of people in an area, designing and then achieving appropriate outcomes. The service may be delivered by the public, private or civil society sectors

Modernising Commissioning Green paper (Cabinet Office

2011) - 3




Commissioner The people or organisations that arrange the care and support that is available in an area to meet the needs of the population.

A person or organisation that plans the services that are needed by the people who live in the area the organisation covers, and ensures that services are available.

Cooperation Public organisations working together in partnership to ensure a focus on the care and support and health and health-related needs of their local population

Co-production When an individual/ groups are involved as an equal partner(s) in designing the support and services they receive. Co-production recognises that people who use social care services (and their families) have knowledge and experience that can be used to help make services better, not only for themselves but for other people who need social care




Continuity of care

Continuity means making sure that, when an adult who is receiving care and support in one area of England moves home, they will continue to receive care on the day of their arrival in the new area. This means that there should be no gap in care and support when people choose to move

Arrangements in place that ensure any health, care and support arrangement/ intervention is carried out to ensure the least disruption to the service user/ patient. This term is often used when considering the impacts certain service interfaces can have on a care pathway

Developed by IPC

Continuing Health Care

A package of ongoing health and care and support that is arranged and funded solely by the NHS where the individual has been found to have a „primary health need‟

Court of Protection

The Court of Protection makes decisions and appoints deputies to act on behalf of people who are unable to make decisions about their personal health, finance or welfare

Direct quote form GOV.UK

Creutzfeldt-Jacob Disease

A degenerative neurological disorder that is incurable and invariably fatal. An example of where the local authority is prohibited from charging

https://www.gov.uk/court-of-protection




Deferred payment agreement (DPA)

People entering residential care can defer paying for their care costs, meaning that they should not have to sell their home during their lifetime. A deferred payment agreement enables a local authority to reclaim care costs through the sale of the person's property (or other security) at a later date

The Deferred Payment Scheme is a type of 'Equity Release' scheme provided by the Local Authority, that enables people who are self-funders, to use some of the capital value of their home to fund the care they have to pay for

Friends Life

Delayed Transfer of Care

Is an experience of an inpatient in hospital who is ready to move onto the next stage of their care journey/ pathway but is prevented due to wider health and care system delays

Developed by IPC

Deprivation of liberty

Restriction of a person‟s liberty to the extent that they may be deprived of their liberty – provisions of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 must be applied

Direct payment Payments made directly to someone in need of care and support by their local authority to allow the person greater choice and flexibility about how their care is delivered

Money that is paid to you (or someone acting on your behalf) on a regular basis by your local council so you can arrange your own care, instead of receiving social care services arranged by the council

https://www88.friendsprovident.com/common_ss/layouts/consumerSubSectionLayout.jhtml?pageId=consumer%2FSitePageSimple%3Aequity_release




Disposable income allowance

In a deferred payment agreement, the amount of income a local authority must leave the deferred payment holder with (unless the deferred payment holder decides to retain less than the allowance)

Disregard In a financial assessment, income and capital must be disregarded (ignored) in certain circumstances

Duty This is something that the law says that someone (in this case, usually a local authority) must do, and that if they do not follow may result in legal challenge

Education, Health and Care plan (EHC)

Based on an assessment of the child‟s needs in education, health and care, an EHC plan will replace a statement of Special Educational Needs (SEN) from September 2014

Eligible needs Needs for care and support which result in an adult being unable to achieve specified outcomes and as a consequence there is or is likely to be a significant impact on the person‟s well-being

When your needs meet the national eligibility threshold they are categorised as eligible needs

Developed by IPC




Equity limit The maximum equity available in a deferred payment agreement from a person‟s chosen form of security

Financial assessment

An assessment of a person‟s resources that will calculate how much they will contribute towards the cost of their care and how much the local authority will. This covers both a person‟s income and capital.

Financial information and advice

A broad spectrum of services whose purpose is to help people plan, prepare and pay for their care costs.

Health and Wellbeing Board

The forum where key leaders from the health and care system work together to improve the health and wellbeing outcomes of their local population and reduce health inequalities

Developed by IPC

Income Income includes earnings, benefits, pensions and payments from financial products. Some types of income are taken into account in determining what an individual would be charged




Independent advocate

Someone appointed by the local authority to support and represent a person who has substantial difficulty in being involved with the key care and support planning (or safeguarding) processes, where no appropriate individual is able to do so

Independent financial information and advice

Financial information and advice services independent of the local authority

Independent personal budget

Following a financial assessment, people with eligible needs that the council is not under a duty to meet (either because they do not qualify for financial assistance or do not want the council to meet their needs) can request an independent personal budget which sets out what the council would spend on meeting their eligible needs

Abridged from a direct quote from

http://www.communitycare.co.uk/blogs/adult-care-

blog/2013/05/care-bill-published/

http://www.communitycare.co.uk/blogs/adult-care-blog/2013/05/care-bill-published/






Individual service fund (ISF)

Third-party provider arranges care and support on a person‟s behalf in line with their wishes

Information The communication of knowledge and facts regarding care and support.

Information and advice

Providing knowledge and facts regarding care and support, and helping a person to identify choices and/or providing a recommendation regarding a course of action in relation to care and support.

Integration Local authorities must carry out their care and support responsibilities with the aim of joining-up the services provided or other actions taken with those provided by the NHS and other health-related services

Integration involves joined up, coordinated health and social care that is planned and organised around the needs and preferences of the individual, their carer and family. This may also involve integration with other services for example housing

Developed by IPC




Integrated assessment

Sometimes a person may need a number of assessments from various agencies. An integrated assessment is where all of the agencies involved work closely together to prevent a person having to undergo a number of assessments at different times. It also more broadly refers to an approach to assessment that makes the process as simple as possible for the person. For example, trying to make sure they don't see a number of different professionals even if these are all from a single agency

Joint health and wellbeing strategy

A core responsibility of the Joint Health and Wellbeing board to develop a plan, based on evidence from the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment, to set out how they will address health and wellbeing needs/ outcomes of the local population

Developed by IPC




Joint strategic needs assessment (JSNA)

A process that identifies current and future health and wellbeing needs in light of existing services, and informs future service planning taking into account evidence of effectiveness

Department of Health (2007) Guidance on joint Strategic

Needs Assessment

Lack of capacity As defined in the Mental Capacity Act 2005 "…a person lacks capacity in relation to a matter if at the material time he is unable to make a decision for himself in relation to the matter because of an impairment of, or a disturbance in the functioning of, the mind or brain"

Mental Capacity Act 2005




Lasting Power of Attorney

A legal document that lets a „donor‟ appoint people („attorneys‟) to make decisions on your behalf. It could be used if the donor became unable to make their own decisions. There are 2 types of lasting power of attorney, health and welfare and property and financial affairs

Abridged and amended from GOV.UK Lasting Power of

Attorney

Lead Professional

The lead professional (sometimes referred to as a key worker) coordinates the transition process. They act as a single point of contact for a child and their family when a range of services are involved and an integrated response is required.

Legal mortgage charge

An entry on the Land Registry against a person's property which indicates that the property has been used to secure a deferred payment agreement

When a mortgage is taken out, the bank or building society register an interest in the property by taking a legal charge over it. The charge can be placed for any reason (not just a mortgage e.g. it can be used to secure a DPA) and that it is registered with the land registry

http://www.spf.co.uk/glossary

https://www.gov.uk/power-of-attorney/overview



http://www.spf.co.uk/glossary




Light touch financial assessment

In some circumstances, a local authority may choose to treat a person as if a financial assessment had been carried out. In order to do so, the local authority must be satisfied on the basis of evidence provided by the person that they can afford, and will continue to be able to afford, any charges due. This is known as a “light-touch” financial assessment




Local development plans

The plan for the future development of the local area, drawn up by the local planning authority in consultation with the community. In law this is described as the development plan documents adopted under the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004. Current core strategies or other planning policies, which under the regulations would be considered to be development plan documents, form part of the Local Plan. The term includes old policies which have been saved under the 2004 Act.

DCLG National Planning Policy Framework March 2012

Glossary

Lower capital limit

A person with assets below this amount will not need to contribute to the cost of their care and support from their capital, they will only be charged from their income - for 2014/15 it is £14,250




Mapping A technique to help commissioners identify and locate tangible and intangible resources that either do or could contribute to individual and social benefits within a defined system. Maps as products can take a variety of forms and formats

Developed by IPC

Market oversight

A regime to oversee the financial stability of the most hard-to-replace care providers and to ensure people‟s care is not interrupted if any of these providers fail

Market shaping Local Authorities with their partners are expected to have an understanding of demand and supply for well-being, health and social care services. They are expected to intervene accordingly to ensure the right services are in situ for the specified population

Developed by IPC




Mental capacity 'Mental capacity' means a person's ability to make their own choices and decisions. Under UK law, someone‟s capacity is judged according to the specific decision to be made, so a person may have sufficient capacity to make some decisions but not others. The law works on the principle that everyone is assumed to have capacity to make decisions for themselves if they are given enough information, support and time.

Abridged from Sense for deafblind people

Minimum income guarantee

When an adult contributes towards their care and support they must still be left with a certain amount of money for themselves after the local authority has charged them. The minimum income guarantee is the minimum amount of income a person must be left with after charging in all settings except a care home. The amounts are set out in regulations and are based on income support, plus any relevant premiums plus 25%.




National eligibility threshold

This is the level at which a person's needs for care and support, or for support in the case of a carer, reach the point where the local authority must ensure they are met. The local authority has a duty to meet unmet eligible needs, so the link between eligibility and 'council-funded care and support' is not automatic. For example where a carer is meeting an eligible need and is willing and able to continue doing so

A framework setting a minimum threshold for people‟s care and support needs which must be met by local authorities in all areas. Local authorities will not be able to restrict eligibility beyond this threshold. If authorities wish to do so they can meet other needs which are below the national threshold Abridged and adapted from Draft

minimum eligibility threshold for adult care and support. A

discussion document. June 2013




Needs assessment

A needs assessment identifies: care and support needs and outcomes that the adult wishes to achieve in their day-to-day life, whether those needs are eligible for care & support from the local authority and how provision of care & support may assist the adult in achieving their desired outcomes. If a person's needs or circumstances change, or a review of their care package results in a chance to the package, the assessment they undergo as a result must still meet all relevant statutory duties. It is technically not a 're-assessment', but can be adapted as necessary to be proportionate to the person's changing needs or circumstances.

Nominated person

Anyone who agrees to manage a direct payment on behalf of the person with care needs




Ordinary residence

Ordinary residence is applicable to local authorities with social services responsibilities and sets out how to identify where responsibility lies between authorities for the funding and/or provision of care for people aged 18 and over who are assessed as needing social care services

Abridged and amended from Ordinary Residence Guidance

Outcomes In social care, an „outcome‟ refers to an aim or objective you would like to achieve or need to happen – for example, continuing to live in your own home, or being able to go out and about. You should be able to say which outcomes are the most important to you, and receive support to achieve them

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/252864/OR_Guidance_2013-10-01_Revised__with_new_contact_details_New_DH_template.pdf

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/252864/OR_Guidance_2013-10-01_Revised__with_new_contact_details_New_DH_template.pdf




Partnership A joint working arrangement where the partners: are otherwise independent bodies; agree to co-operate to achieve a common goal; create a new organisational structure or process to achieve this goal; plan and implement a joint programme; share information, risks and rewards

Audit Commission (1998) A Fruitful Partnership

Pathway planning

A process to help and support young people leave the care system in a planned way.

Personal budget

This is a statement that sets out the cost to the local authority of meeting an adult‟s assessed unmet eligible care needs. It includes the amount that the adult must pay towards that cost themselves (on the basis of their financial assessment), as well as any amount that the local authority must pay

Money that is allocated to you by your local authority to pay for care or support to meet your assessed needs.




Personal Expenses Allowance

When an adult contributes towards their care and support they must still be left with a certain amount of money for themselves after the local authority has charged them. The PEA is the minimum amount of income a person must be left with in a care home. The amount is set out in regulations

A weekly amount that people whose care is being fully funded are allowed to retain from their pension for their personal use www.payingforcare.org/types-of-state-and-local-authority-support

Person-centred approach

An approach that seeks to involve the person and ensure they can engage as fully as possible. The local authority must take a person-centred approach throughout the assessment and care planning processes, and in all other contact with the person (such as a review of their care and support package)

http://www.payingforcare.org/types-of-state-and-local-authority-support

http://www.payingforcare.org/types-of-state-and-local-authority-support




Pooled budget A pooled budget (or fund) is an arrangement where two or more partners make financial contributions to a single fund to achieve specified and mutually agreed aims. It is a single budget, managed by a single host with a formal partnership or joint funding agreement that sets out aims, accountabilities and responsibilities

DCLG Guidance to local areas in England on pooling and

aligning budgets. March 2010 page 8

Power of attorney

Anyone aged 18 or older who has the mental ability to make decisions for themselves can arrange for someone else to make these decisions for them in the future. This can be done at any time. This legal authority is called "power of attorney". The person who is given power of attorney is known as the 'attorney' and must be over 18 years old.

NHS Choices

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/8313/1508565.pdf







Preventative Applies to the provision of services, facilities or resources that prevent a need from occurring, minimise the effect of a disability or help slow down any further deterioration for people with established health conditions, complex care and support needs or caring responsibilities

Preventative services

An early intervention or activity that supports a person to retain or regain their skills or confidence. A service that prevents a need for care and support occurring, reduces an existing need or delays further deterioration

Services you may receive to prevent more serious problems developing.

Prevention A local authority must provide or arrange for services, facilities or resources which would prevent, delay or reduce individuals‟ needs for care and support, or the needs for support of carers




Proportionality This means taking a sensible and flexible approach that is proportionate to the complexity of the person's needs. For example, in deciding what a proportionate assessment would be in a given case, the assessor needs to think about the needs and circumstances of the person, the level of detail that is appropriate, the right medium for assessment, and so on

Provider An individual, institution, or agency that provides health, care and/or support services to people

Reablement A structured programme of care provided for a limited period of time, focusing on helping the person to regain skills and capabilities to reduce their needs

A way of helping you remain independent, by giving you the opportunity to relearn or regain some of the skills for daily living that may have been lost as a result of illness, accident or disability

Regulated financial advice

Advice from an organisation regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)

Review A review ensures that needs continue to be met. Can be planned, unplanned or requested by the person receiving care and support

When you receive a re-assessment of your needs and you and the people in your life look at whether the services you are receiving are meeting your needs and helping you achieve your chosen outcomes.




Revision A change to the plan that should wherever possible follow the process used in the assessment and care planning stages

Rights What you are entitled to receive, and how you should be treated, as a citizen.

Safeguarding The process of ensuring that adults at risk are not being abused, neglected or exploited, and ensuring that people who are deemed „unsuitable‟ do not work with them.

Safeguarding adults board

Local authorities are required by law to set up a Safeguarding Adults Board (SAB) in their area. These must include the local authority, the NHS and the police who should meet regularly to discuss and act upon local safeguarding issues and develop and publish a shared plan for safeguarding people. The boards must also work with local people to decide how best to protect adults in vulnerable situations

Self-funder Someone who arranges and pays for their own care and support services and does not receive financial help from the local authority.




Significant benefit

A transition assessment should occur at a time when doing so is advantageous for the individual young person or carer. This can‟t be prescribed and will vary according to wishes and circumstances, but it should be when it is of “significant benefit” to the individual to do so

Significant impact on wellbeing

The meaning of 'significant impact' will change on a case by case basis - one person may find a particular need significantly impacts them, whilst another may feel otherwise. The assessor will need to discuss this with the person and to make a professional judgement about the ways and the extent to which the person's needs are impacting on their wellbeing

Signposting Pointing people in the direction of information that they should find useful.




Strengths-based approach

A cultural shift in which the local authority focuses on the person‟s strengths and abilities. This means thinking positively about people with needs for care and support, and also engaging the community to reduce isolation and bring those with needs for care and support more closely into community networks. The strengths-based approach is about reducing dependency and challenging „prescription culture‟ but also, crucially, protecting the person‟s independence, resilience, choice and wellbeing

Substantial difficulty

The Care Act defines four areas in any one of which a person might have substantial difficulty in being involved in the care and support planning, or safeguarding, processes. This includes substantial difficulty in understanding relevant information, retaining that information, using or weighing that information, and communicating the individual‟s views, wishes or feelings (whether by talking, using sign language or any other means)




Support plan A plan you develop that says how you will spend your personal budget to get the life you want. You need to map out your week, define outcomes you hope to achieve, and show how the money will be used to make these happen. The local council must agree the plan before it makes the money available.

A written plan, developed after an assessment, setting out what a carer‟s support needs are, and how they will be met.

Developed by IPC

Supported decision making

An individual may lack capacity to request an assessment or lack capacity to express their needs. The local authority must in these situations carry out supported decision making, supporting the adult to be as involved as possible in the assessment, and must carry out a capacity assessment and take “best interests” decisions

Supported self assessment

An assessment carried out jointly by the adult with care and support needs or carer and the local authority, where the adult or carer is willing, able, and has capacity or (in the case of a young carer) is competent. In practice this means that the person fills out the assessment form themselves, and the local authority ensures that the result is a complete and accurate reflection of the person's needs




Tariff income A means to work out what a person can afford to contribute from their assets between the lower and upper capital limits. It assumes that for every £250 worth of assets the person has above the lower capital limit they can afford to pay £1 per week towards the cost of their care and support

This is also known as „deemed income‟. When you have between the lower capital limit of £14,250 and the upper capital limit of £23,250, your capital is assessed to show an assumed or tariff income, which means that for every £250 or part £250 of capital you have over the lower limit, you will be assessed as though you have an extra £1 per week of income.

Worldwide Financial Planning - Glossary

www.wwfp.net/glossary.html

Top Up Fee This is only relevant where a person has exercised their right to choice of accommodation. It means that where a person has chosen a more expensive setting than the amount identified in their personal budget, the top-up fee is the additional amount needed to meet the cost of that setting. This can be paid by a third party, or in limited circumstance, the person

Payment for additional costs of residential care over and above what the local authority will pay for so that the individual can secure the care and support of their choice

Developed by IPC

http://www.wwfp.net/glossary.html




Transition Transition to adulthood is a time when young people and their families are thinking about their aspirations for the future. If children are likely to have care and support needs when they are 18, they will need to transition to adults' services Adapted from NICE guidance to

help tackle transition from children‟s to adult services

www.nice.org.uk/News/Article/nice-guidance-to-help-tackle-transition-from-children%E2%80%99s-to-adult-services

Transition assessment

An assessment of a child or young person, young carer or child‟s carer that will inform a transition plan

Transition plan A statutory requirement for young people and carers if they are likely to need care and support when they turn 18

Universal services

Services, such as transport, leisure, health and education that should be available to everyone in a local area and are not dependent on assessment or eligibility

http://www.nice.org.uk/News/Article/nice-guidance-to-help-tackle-transition-from-children%E2%80%99s-to-adult-services








Upper capital limit

A person with assets above this amount is not eligible for local authority support - for 2014/15 it is £23,250

Wellbeing Wellbeing is a broad concept, and it is described as relating to the following areas in particular: personal dignity (including treatment of the individual with respect); physical and mental health and emotional wellbeing; protection from abuse and neglect; control by the individual over day-to-day life (including over care and support provided and the way it is provided); participation in work, education, training or recreation; social and economic wellbeing; domestic, family and personal relationships; suitability of living accommodation; the individual‟s contribution to society

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