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.