What tasks could be included in a care and support plan?
Personal care:
- Food and hydration (this may be delivery of meals or a monthly frozen food delivery)
- Activities of daily living such as washing, dressing and getting to the toilet
- Mobility around the home
- Counselling, behaviour management, psychological support
- Simple medication procedures such as using eye drops, applying creams and lotions, changing dressings, managing oxygen therapy
- Aids and adaptations for personal care
- Nursing care tasks, injections, wound care managing pressure sores
For the home:
- Aids and adaptations
- Equipment such as telehealth care, personal alarms, flood and fire alarms, movement monitors
For the person and their carer:
- Respite care
- Short breaks
Any service or equipment supplied by the NHS is free of charge. Other services may be subject to a charge and a financial assessment is done to determine how much each individual has to pay.