Care and support for adults

Our Dorset is your local NHS, council and community organisations working together.

Adult social care can support you with daily living, keeping your independence, enjoying social interaction, and playing a part in society. We work with you to find the best way to meet your needs. We also act on concerns that an adult is being abused or neglected.

Report a concern about an adult

If you know someone is being abused, or think they may be, you can report it to us

Live well - advice for adults

Take steps to live well for years to come

Help living at home

Help if you are starting to struggle to live at home with a condition or disability

Community directory

Search the directory to find activities, support and advice in your area

Get care and support

If you find daily tasks hard, you can get help

Choosing care

Find out how to choose who you get care and support from

Paying for care

Find out what financial help you can get and what you will pay

Moving from children's services to adult social care

Information for young people with care and support needs, moving from children's services to adult social care

Carers' support

Get help if you regularly support an adult or care for someone with daily tasks

Health and social care providers

Get help to start providing care, make a referral to adult services, find training and get information about the Mental Capacity Act

Blue Badge Scheme

Find out if you qualify for a Blue Badge to use disabled parking spaces

Have a say on your support

We make sure you have a say when we look at your care needs

Dorset Safeguarding Adults Board

The multi-agency board protects adults at risk from abuse, significant harm or neglect

The Dorset Information Sharing Charter (DiSC)

DiSC enables partner organisations to share information safely and provide a more integrated service for residents

Dorset Care Record

A confidential way of sharing information with authorised health and social care professionals to provide a fuller picture of your history, needs and support

A Better Life: Adult social care and housing plan

How our plan will help deliver a new future for adult social care and housing

Information in easy read format

Get adult social care information in easy read format

Contact us about adult social care

Get contact details, including our out of hours phone number

Help us test our website

Volunteering opportunity to help us review our website to make sure it is accessible and easy to use.

How adult social care is inspected

find out more about how adult social care is inspected for quality and what we're doing to improve our services.

Redesigning our Front Door

We have launched a transformation programme to redesign our front door services, find out more.

What is NHS continuing healthcare?

NHS continuing healthcare is the name given to care and support which is arranged and paid for by the NHS.

What is adult social care?

Find out what the adult social care service does

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