Adult social care information sheets, factsheets and directories

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• Assessment
• Care Services Directory
• COVID-19 paying for social care
• Deferred payment agreements
• Deprivation of assets
• Developing your support plan
• Direct payments
• Early help
• Financial information for self-funders choosing residential care (information sheet for care homes to give to prospective self-funding residents)
• Hospital information: advice for people going into or leaving hospital
• How to prepare for your transitions assessment meeting
• Keeping adults safe - stop abuse
• Living well with memory loss and dementia in Dorset - A directory of services and support
• Looking after someone - information and support for carers
• Money and people who lack capacity
• Paying for care and support services
• Self-funding your care
• Social care support in prisons
• Top-ups and third party contributions
• Welfare benefits for people aged 14 to 24 years who are disabled

Information in easy-read format

• A guide to care and support (easy read)
• A guide to paying for your care (easy read)
• A guide to your support and using your personal budget (easy read)
• How to prepare for your transitions assessment meeting (easy read)
• How we look after your personal information (easy read)
• Information about your Community Learning Disabilities Team (easy read)
• Protecting your Personal Information Consent Form (easy read)
• Say no to abuse (easy read)
• Welfare benefits for young people aged 14 to 24 years who are disabled (easy read)