Jargon Buster
This Jargon Buster gives simple, plain English explanations of terms you might see or hear on your adult social care journey.
Advocacy Support means getting help from another person or organization, independent of your local council, to ensure you receive the care and support you need.
Language Services can help you source and choose appropriate care and support options in your area. This is sometimes called care navigation.
Eligible Needs are the care and support needs that the law requires your council to meet. You are likely to have eligible needs if you need a lot of help to do things like washing yourself, getting dressed, and getting in and out of bed.
Income Maximization is the process of identifying and claiming all the benefit payments you are entitled to. This can give you a much-needed financial boost.
Reablement is a way of helping you remain independent, by supporting you to relearn or regain some of the daily living skills you may have lost as a result of illness, accident, or disability.
Private Care Services give carers a break by providing short-term care for the person with care and support needs in their own home or in a residential setting. This is sometimes known as replacement care.
A Social Care Practitioner is someone with the necessary experience to work with you through your adult social care journey. This might be a social worker, occupational therapist, or other social care professional.
You can stay in a care home that costs more than social services will pay, if someone else agrees to pay the extra costs. This is called a third-party top-up.
Top-ups can sometimes be paid by the person going into the care home. This is called a first-party top-up.