Care act

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Have any of you had any care - paid for by your local authority ?

Was it simple to obtain or did you have to fight for it ?

The care act says :
8.14 The local authority must not charge for certain types of care and support which must be arranged free.
These are:
• intermediate care, including reablement, which must be provided free of charge for up to 6 weeks. However, local authorities must have regard to the guidance on preventative support set out in Chapter 2. This sets out that neither should have a strict time limit but should reflect the needs of the person. Local authorities therefore may wish to apply their discretion to offer this free of charge for longer than 6 weeks where there are clear preventative benefits, such as when a person has recently become visually impaired
• community equipment (aids and minor adaptations). Aids must be provided free of charge whether provided to meet or prevent/delay needs. A minor adaptation is one costing £1,000 or less
• care and support provided to people with Creutzfeldt-Jacob Disease
• after-care services/support provided under section 117 of the Mental Health Act 1983
• any service or part of service which the NHS is under a duty to provide. This includes Continuing Healthcare and the NHS contribution to Registered Nursing Care
• more broadly, any services which a local authority is under a duty to provide through other legislation may not be charged for under the Care Act 2014
• assessment of needs and care planning may also not be charged for, since these processes do not constitute ‘meeting needs