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Adult social care information sheets

Publications and information sheets about Adult Social Care services

  • How we group our information

  • A - Information about social care

  • B - Care and support at home

  • C - Money matters

  • D - Care homes and housing options

  • F - Information for people with sight loss

  • G - Information for people with hearing loss

  • More information

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How we group our information

This page lists our information sheets. The documents are in pdf format so that you can save them or print them. They are all created in large print.
If you would like them in a different format, such as on tape or CD, or in Braille, please contact us and we will send them to you.

Our information sheets are grouped by topic to make them easier to find. The topics are:

  • A. Information about Social Care
  • B. Care and support at home
  • C. Money matters
  • D. Care homes and housing options
  • F. Information for people with a Sight Loss
  • G. Information for people with a Hearing Loss

In the list below, each information sheet has a code number so that it is easier for you to refer to.

If you click on the name of the information sheet you want to see, it will open for you.

A - Information about social care

A1 Welcome to social care

A2 Getting independent advice and support

A3 Blue Badges

A4 Your care and support assessment

A5 Health Interface Service

A6 Community Teams

A7 Keeping safe

A8 Safeguarding Adults

Application to see your records

A11 Compliments, comments and complaints about Adult Social Care

A12 No response

A13 Help with transport

B - Care and support at home

B1 Care and Support plans and personal budgets

B2 Information about your care and support review

B3 Home care

B4 How to get good advice about equipment and adaptations

B7 Equipment to help you use the bath or shower 

B9 Short-term care package to help prevent you going into hospital

B11 Help with taking medicines

B12 Home from hospital 

C - Money matters

C1 Information for people who pay for their own care

C2 Direct Payments: An introduction

C3 Direct Payments guidance

C4 Getting independent financial advice

C5 Help with paying for care and support

C6 How your personal budget contribution is worked out

C7 Calculating your contribution: Your checklist

C8 Money and people who lack capacity

D - Care homes and housing options

D1 Choosing a care home

D2 Paying for residential care

D3 Information for people who pay for their own care home

D4 People moving into a care home who have a property

D5 Care home beds for rehabilitation

D6 Extra Care Housing

D7 Specialised Residential Care (SRC)

F - Information for people with sight loss

F1 Sight loss – General information

F2 Sight loss – Help with reading

F3 Sight loss – Emotional support

F4 Sight loss – Equipment

F5 Sight loss – Employment

F6 Sight loss – Leisure, holidays and travel

G - Information for people with hearing loss

G1 Deafness and hearing loss

G2 Deafness and hearing loss – Methods of communication

G3 Deafness and hearing loss – Your rights

G4 Deafness and hearing loss – Employment

G5 Deafness and hearing loss – Leisure, holidays and travel 

G6 Deafness and hearing loss – Hearing therapy

G7 Deafness and hearing loss – Mental Health Services

More information

You can find more information to help you in our Adult Social Care section

The Somerset Community Connect website also has lots of information about equipment, community support and services.

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